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Familial Mediterranean Fever

Lancet, The, 1998
A 33-year-old moderately mentally handicapped man who was living in a group home presented to our clinic with a 1-week history of pain, swelling, and erythema of the lower portion of the right leg and foot. The patient was of Roman Catholic, Italian origin, although the history of his distant family revealed that some of his relatives had emigrated ...
Eldad Ben-Chetrit, Micha Levy
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Mediterranean Spotted Fever

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2008
Rickettsial disease has recently undergone an important evolution, particularly in the field of molecular genetics. This development includes Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF), a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia conorii. Important changes have occurred in ecologic and epidemiologic comprehension of the disease, and in the occurrence of severe ...
Clarisse, Rovery, Didier, Raoult
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Familial Mediterranean Fever

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1958
I. Introduction The purpose of this communication is to describe a disease which we define as a heredofamilial syndrome of undetermined pathogenesis in persons of Mediterranean stock, becoming manifest as a rule in infancy or adolescence and characterized by short recurrent bouts of fever accompanied by pain in the abdomen or chest or one or multiple ...
H, HELLER, E, SOHAR, L, SHERF
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Familial Mediterranean fever

Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2016
Purpose of review Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the oldest and most common of the hereditary autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs). A large body of information has been accumulated over recent years on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. The purpose of this review is to bring an up-to-date summary
Shai, Padeh, Yackov, Berkun
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Familial Mediterranean Fever—A Review [PDF]

open access: yesGenetics in Medicine, 2011
Familial Mediterranean fever is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. There are two phenotypes: types 1 and 2. Familial Mediterranean fever type 1 is characterized by recurrent short episodes of inflammation and serositis, including fever, peritonitis, synovitis, pleuritis, and, rarely, pericarditis.
Mordechai Shohat, Gabrielle J Halpern
exaly   +3 more sources

Familial Mediterranean fever

The Lancet, 1996
Familial Mediterranean fever is an inherited disorder which causes episodes of severe pain and fever lasting a few days and then recurring shortly afterward. Joints, peritoneal and pleural spaces are primarily affected displaying acute inflammation and an influx of neutrophils into the inflamed area. Keywords: colchicine; amyloid; complement;
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