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Inflammatory/demyelinating central nervous system involvement in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF): coincidence or association?
Journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2006
Akman-Demir G, Gul A, Gurol E, Ozdogan H, Bahar S, Oge A E, Gurvit H, Saruhan-Direskeneli G, Yazici H, Eraksoy M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent febrile polyserositis. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in FMF is uncommon, but recently cases with multiple sclerosis (MS) and FMF have been reported. Here we assess patients with both FMF and MS, in order to clarify any relationship between FMF and MS, and to evaluate disease...
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