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Old paradigms and new concepts in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF): an update 2023.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Feb 2024
Ben-Chetrit Eldad
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and polyserositis. Its first description as a new entity was published by Siegal in 1945. Colchicine has been the treatment of choice for this disease since 1972. Significant progress has been made over the years in understanding FMF's clinical features, diagnosis, mode of inheritance,...
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