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"Trap" the diagnosis: a man with recurrent episodes of febrile peritonitis, not just familial Mediterranean fever.
The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ - 1 Apr 2012
Arad Uri, Niv Eva, Caspi Dan, Elkayam Ori
Abstract excerpt
Monogenic periodic fever syndromes are characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, accompanied by localized inflammatory manifestations. Among them, familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most studied and is by far the most prevalent periodic fever syndrome in Israel. We present a diagnostic workup of a patient suffering from a periodic fever syndrome, initially thought to be FMF and characterized by attacks...
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