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Familial Mediterranean fever is no longer a rare disease in Italy.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2003
La Regina Micaela, Nucera Gabriella, Diaco Marialuisa, Procopio Antonio, Gasbarrini Giovanni, Notarnicola Cecile, Kone-Paut Isabelle, Touitou Isabelle, Manna Raffaele
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disorder, characterised by short, recurrent attacks of fever with abdominal, chest or joint pain and erysipelas-like erythema. It is an ethnically restricted genetic disease, found commonly among Mediterranean populations, as well as Armenians, Turks, Arabs and Jews. Traditionally, Italians have been considered little affected by FMF, despite the...
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