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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 in a Japanese Boy with Heterozygous MEFV p.Ser503Cys Exon 5 Variant

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2021
Periodic fever syndromes are heterogeneous diseases. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is one of the hereditary periodic fever diseases caused by a Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene abnormality.
Tomonobu Sato, Shunichiro Takezaki, Takeru Goto, Shinichi Ishikawa, Kazumi Oura, Asuka Takahata, Haruki Shiraishi, Yuji Maruo, Norio Sato, Takashi Suganuma, Makoto Mikawa   +10 more
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NOD2/CARD 15 gene mutations in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever [PDF]

Pediatric Rheumatology, 2011
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and Crohn's disease are autoinflammatory disorders, associated with genes (MEFV and NOD2/CARD15, respectively) encoding for regulatory proteins, important in innate immunity, apoptosis, cytokine processing, and inflammation.
Bujanover Y, Livneh A, Lidar M, Pras E, Shinar Y, Padeh S, Karban A, Berkun Y   +7 more
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Familial Mediterranean Fever: Unraveling its Causes, Clinical presentation, and Innovative Treatment Strategies [PDF]

Archives of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ain Shams University
Auto-inflammatory disorders are recognized as significant in impacting the health of patients. The majority of auto-inflammatory disorders originate from hereditary abnormalities.
Abdelhamid, Ashraqat H., Ashraf, Nada, Ashraf, Nour, Hesham, Nouran, Yaseer, Nesreen, Ibrahim, Nagat, Mostafa, Noha, Maged, Nadein, Mohammed, Mernna, Ezzat, Nagham, George, Mina Y.   +10 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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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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Cold Exposure Related Fever with an Mediterranean Fever (MEFV) Gene Mutation

Internal Medicine, 2017
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent fever with serosal inflammation. We experienced a 53-year-old male who had been suffering from periodic attacks with slight fever and myalgia which were mainly triggered by cold exposure in winter.
Kumei, Shima, Nozu, Tsukasa, Ohira, Masumi, Miyagishi, Saori, Okumura, Toshikatsu   +4 more
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Familial Mediterranean fever : MEFV gene mutations and treatment

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology, 2007
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease which predominantly affects certain ethnic groups mainly Sephardic Jews, Turks, Arabs and Armenians. FMF has been rarely reported in Japan. Characteristic symptoms include self-limited recurrent attacks of fever with serositis such as peritonitis, pleuritis, and arthritis.
Megumu, Saito, Ryuta, Nishikomori, Naotomo, Kambe   +2 more
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER AND BEHÇET’S DISEASE

Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, 2021
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease, mainly affecting populations originating from the Eastern Mediterranean region. Behçet’s Disease (BD) is grouped in polygenic autoinflammatory diseases.
Ummusen Kaya Akca, Ezgi Deniz Batu
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Familial Mediterranean fever presenting as fever of unknown origin in Korea [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2016
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common Mendelian autoinflammatory disease, characterized by uncontrolled activation of the innate immune system that manifests as recurrent brief fever and polyserositis (e.g., peritonitis, pleuritic, and ...
Jun Hee Lee, Jong Hyun Kim, Jung Ok Shim, Kwang Chul Lee, Joo Won Lee, Jung Hwa Lee, Jae Jin Chae   +6 more
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