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Familial Mediterranean fever presenting as anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody negative palindromic rheumatism.
Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases - 1 Sept 2010
Patel Nirupa J, Karia Vijay R, Gedalia Abraham, Espinoza Luis R
Abstract excerpt
A 64-year-old Egyptian man who resides in the United States presented to the rheumatology clinic with 6 months history of episodic recurrent pauci--arthritis along with constitutional symptoms. His Mediterranean ancestry, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide negativity, and cyclical palindromic rheumatism prompted an investigation for familial Mediterranean fever gene mutation. He was found to have heterozygous 694I...
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