A clinical guide to autoinflammatory diseases: familial Mediterranean fever and next-of-kin.

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Autoinflammatory diseases are associated with abnormal activation of the innate immune system, leading to clinical inflammation and high levels of acute-phase reactants. The first group to be identified was the periodic fever diseases, of which familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common. In FMF, genetic results are not always straightforward; thus, flowcharts to guide the physician in requesting...

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