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Familial Mediterranean Fever: From the Clinical Syndrome to the Cloning of the Pyrin Gene: EDITORIAL REVIEW
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic disorder, restricted to peoples originating in the Middle East. The clinical syndrome is characterized by shortlived febrile episodes, accompanied by inflammation in one of the serous membranes, resulting in peritonitis pleuritis or synovitis. In many untreated FMF patients, systemic amyloidosis developed. The clinical presentation of amyloidosis in FMF is...
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