Article
Diagnostic criteria of familial Mediterranean fever.
Autoimmunity reviews - 1 Jan 2000
Berkun Yackov, Eisenstein Eli M
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most prevalent monogenic autoinflammatory disease, mainly affecting ethnic groups living at Mediterranean basin. FMF is characterized by recurrent, self-limited episodes of fever and serositis. The diagnosis is difficult in the presence of atypical signs, which may result in significant delay in initiating treatment. As autoinflammatory diseases may have overlapping...
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