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Evaluation of Cardiac Arrhythmia Susceptibility in Pediatric Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2023
Aim: Familial Mediterranean fever is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by attacks of inflammation. Despite treatment, there is evidence of subclinical persistence of inflammation with normal laboratory values.
Şükrü  Arslan, Vildan Güngörer, Ahmet Sert   +2 more
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MEDITERRANEAN OR MALTA FEVER, [PDF]

The Lancet, 1899
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Birt, C., Lamb, G.
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THE PREVALENCE OF CELIAC DISEASE AMONG PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2015
Background Familial Mediterranean Fever and celiac disease are both related to auto-inflammation and/or auto-immunity and they share some common clinical features such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloating and flatulence. Objectives We aimed to determine
Sedat IŞIKAY, Nurgül IŞIKAY, Halil KOCAMAZ   +2 more
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Awareness and knowledge of familial Mediterranean fever among medical scope students in Syrian universities: A cross-sectional study

SAGE Open Medicine, 2023
Introduction: Familial Mediterranean fever is an autoinflammatory autosomal recessive disorder common among individuals of Mediterranean descent. It is characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleurisy, pericarditis, and ...
Jamal Ataya, Jameel Soqia, Massa Alfawal, Nour Kara Tahhan, Nour Albani, Yahya Hani   +5 more
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Early Post-transplant Recurrence of Amyloidosis in a Patient with Familial Mediterranean Fever

Turkish Journal of Nephrology, 2021
Familial Mediterranean fever is the most common hereditary auto-inflammatory disease characterized by a recurrent attack of fever and serositis. Untreated patients frequently develop AA type of amyloidosis which results in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).
Deniz Aral Özbek, Neriman Sıla Koç, Arzu Sağlam, Tolga Yildirim, Şeref Rahmi Yilmaz, Yunus Erdem   +5 more
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Acute Recurrent Pericarditis as the Inaugural Manifestation of Familial Mediterranean Fever

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder commonly found among individuals of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern descent and caused by Mediterranean Fever gene (MEFV) mutations on chromosome 16.
Attout Hassene, Sofia Amichi, Hichem Bouhamla   +2 more
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Atypical Familial Mediterranean Fever Complicated with Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis Diagnosed due to Paroxysmal Arthralgia and Intractable Diarrhea, Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab [PDF]

, 2019
A 53-year-old man with recurrent episodes of large joint pain and a low-grade fever at irregular intervals for 16 years developed right knee and ankle arthralgia, watery diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
Okamoto, Momoko, Kawashiri, Shin-ya, Kuroda, Kishio, Irie, Junji, Igawa, Takashi, Eguchi, Mizuna, Kawakami, Atsushi, Shimizu, Toshimasa, Aikawa, Erika, Origuchi, Tomoki, Takatani, Ayuko, Iwamoto, Naoki, Koga, Tomohiro, Tamai, Mami, Nakamura, Hideki, Hori, Tomoko, Umeda, Masataka, Tsuji, Sosuke, Endo, Yushiro, Sumiyoshi, Remi, Ichinose, Kunihiro   +20 more
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Familial Mediterranean Fever Mimicking Wilson’s Disease: A Case Report [PDF]

, 2018
Wilson’s disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) is an autosomal recessive defect in cellular copper transport. Impaired biliary copper excretion leads to an accumulation of copper mostly in the liver, brain and cornea. Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
Sema Aydoğdu, Çiğdem Ömür Ecevit, Turan, Caner, Aydoğdu, Sema, Karakoyun, Miray, Caner Turan, Funda Yılmaz, Barbet, Funda Yılmaz, Miray Karakoyun, Ecevit, Çiğdem Ömür   +9 more
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A patient with familial Mediterranean fever mimicking diarrhea-dominant irritable bowel syndrome who successfully responded to treatment with colchicine: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional gastrointestinal disease. Visceral hypersensitivity is the most important pathophysiology in irritable bowel syndrome. Currently, diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome is based on symptoms and exclusion
Shima Kumei, Masatomo Ishioh, Yuki Murakami, Katsuyoshi Ando, Tsukasa Nozu, Toshikatsu Okumura   +5 more
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Living kidney transplantation between brothers with unrecognized renal amyloidosis as the first manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever: a case report

BMC Medical Genetics, 2017
Background Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and polyserositis and by the onset of reactive amyloid-associated amyloidosis. Amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever can lead
Ramón Peces, Sara Afonso, Carlos Peces, Julián Nevado, Rafael Selgas   +4 more
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