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[Clinical aspects of Familial Mediterranean fever].
Nihon Rinsho Men'eki Gakkai kaishi = Japanese journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2011
Migita Kiyoshi, Agematsu Kazunaga
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent and short duration (1-3 days) of fever, and serositis. Based on the nationwide survey of FMF in Japan, the estimated number of Japanese FMF patients is about three hundred. High grade fever was observed in 95.5%, chest pain in 35.8% abdominal pain in 62.7% and arthritis in 31.3% among Japanese FMF patients. AA...
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