[Familial Mediterranean fever in 2020].

Abstract excerpt

Familial Mediterranean fever is the most frequent autoinflammatory disease with autosomal recessive transmission. Most patients carry mutations in the MEFV gene encoding the protein marenostrin/pyrin. It is characterised by short ant recurrent attacks of fever and serositis with abdominal or thoracic pain, usually lasting less than 3 days, raised inflammatory biologic markers in an individual of Mediterranean...

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• Amyloidosis
• Colchicine
• Familial Mediterranean Fever
• Mutation
• Pyrin