The importance of Mediterranean fever gene in familial Mediterranean fever [PDF]
European Journal of Rheumatology, 2020 Objective: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent serositis attacks and fever. The discovery of the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene has been a milestone in FMF etiopathogenesis. Our knowledge about the relationship between the MEFV gene and FMF phenotype increases each day.
Demet Yalçın Kehribar, Metin Özgen
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Identification of pathogenic MEFV variants in Korean patients with familial Mediterranean fever via whole-genome sequencing: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Rheumatic DiseasesFamilial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, serositis, and arthritis. It is caused by variants in the MEFV gene, which encodes the pyrin protein.
Se Rim Choi +4 more
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Pediatric COPA Syndrome Overlapping With Heterozygous Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Dual Inflammatory Disorder [PDF]
Case Reports in PediatricsWe present the case of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who suffered from recurrent attacks of arthralgia, abdominal pain, fever, and mesenteric lymphadenopathy over the past 3 years.
Laith Khalaf +3 more
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Assessment of Nutritional Status in Children with Familial Mediterranean Fever Using Prognostic Nutritional Index and Controlling Nutritional Status Score: Relationship with Clinical Findings and MEFV Mutations [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: The effect of nutritional status on the prognosis of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), a hereditary autoinflammatory illness, is unclear.
Seyda Dogantan +6 more
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Autoinflammatory disease: clinical perspectives and therapeutic strategies
Inflammation and Regeneration, 2022 The molecular platforms of the innate immune system are essential to recognize pathologic external factors that are crucial to differentiate these danger signals from host motifs.
Atsushi Kawakami +4 more
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Familial Mediterranean fever: issues of diagnosis and treatment
Лечащий Врач, 2023 Familial Mediterranean fever is an autoinflammatory genetically determined autosomal recessive disease caused by a mutation of the MEFV gene. Familial Mediterranean fever is recorded mainly in populations of Middle Eastern origin, historically inhabiting
G. R. Bikbavova +3 more
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Familial Mediterranean Fever With Complete Symptomatic Remission During Pregnancy [PDF]
Intestinal Research, 2015 Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder, ethnically restricted and commonly found among populations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
Kwang Taek Kim +7 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 +2 more
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A case report of a boy suffering from type 1 diabetes mellitus and familial Mediterranean fever
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus could be associated with other autoimmune diseases, such as autoimmune thyroid disease, celiac disease, but the association with Familial Mediterranean Fever is rare, we describe a case of a boy with type 1 Diabetes ...
Maria Francesca Gicchino +4 more
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Acute febrile illness is associated with Rickettsia spp infection in dogs [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Rickettsia conorii is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and causes Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) in humans. Although dogs are considered the natural host of the vector, the clinical and epidemiological significance of R ...
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