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Genetics and new treatment modalities for familial Mediterranean fever.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Sept 2007
Bhat Anupama, Naguwa Stanley M, Gershwin M Eric
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common of a rare group of disorders collectively termed familial hereditary periodic fever syndromes, also known as autoinflammatory syndromes. FMF is clinically characterized by intermittent bouts of fever with peritonitis and abdominal pain, pleuritis, arthritis, or erysipelas-like rashes. Amyloidosis due to chronic inflammation progressing to renal failure is one...
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