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A Japanese case of familial Mediterranean fever with a MEFV gene mutation.
[Hokkaido igaku zasshi] The Hokkaido journal of medical science - 1 Nov 2009
Kawabata Hidenobu, Murakami Manabu, Nishikomori Ryuta, Saito Megumu, Takaoka Yuuki, Nanao Kyoko, Maezawa Masaji
Abstract excerpt
A 17-year-old Japanese male with a three-year history of recurrent episodic chest pain and fever, each lasting for one to three days, was diagnosed with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) because of the following: 1) short attacks of chest pain and fever recurring at varying intervals; 2) no symptoms with a sense of well-being between attacks; and 3) identification of the Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) mutation...
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