 Familial Mediterranean Fever
"Familial Mediterranean Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of HEREDITARY AUTOINFLAMMATION DISEASES, characterized by recurrent fever, abdominal pain, headache, rash, PLEURISY; and ARTHRITIS. ORCHITIS; benign MENINGITIS; and AMYLOIDOSIS may also occur. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in marenostrin gene result in autosomal recessive transmission; simple heterozygous, autosomal dominant form of the disease.
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D010505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.320.382.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Familial Mediterranean Fever- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Familial Mediterranean Fever, Autosomal Recessive
- Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis
- Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositides
- Paroxysmal Polyserositides, Familial
- Paroxysmal Polyserositis, Familial
- Polyserositides, Familial Paroxysmal
- Mediterranean Fever, Familial
- Periodic Disease
- Disease, Periodic
- Diseases, Periodic
- Periodic Diseases
- Wolff's Periodic Disease
- Wolffs Periodic Disease
- Periodic Peritonitis
- Periodic Peritonitides
- Peritonitides, Periodic
- Peritonitis, Periodic
- Polyserositis, Familial Paroxysmal
- Polyserositis, Recurrent
- Recurrent Polyserositis
- Polyserositides, Recurrent
- Recurrent Polyserositides
- Wolff Periodic Disease
- Disease, Wolff Periodic
- Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitis
- Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitides
- Paroxysmal Peritonitides, Benign
- Paroxysmal Peritonitis, Benign
- Peritonitides, Benign Paroxysmal
- Peritonitis, Benign Paroxysmal
- Periodic Disease, Wolff's
- Disease, Wolff's Periodic
- Periodic Disease, Wolff
- Periodic Disease, Wolffs
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Familial Mediterranean Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Batu ED, Kara Eroglu F, Tsoukas P, Hausmann JS, Bilginer Y, Kenna MA, Licameli GR, Fuhlbrigge RC, ?zen S, Dedeoglu F. Periodic Fever, Aphthosis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis Syndrome: Analysis of Patients From Two Geographic Areas. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 12; 68(12):1859-1865.
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Dinarello CA. Interleukin-1beta and the autoinflammatory diseases. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jun 04; 360(23):2467-70.
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Dahn KA, Glode MP, Chan KH. Periodic fever and pharyngitis in young children: a new disease for the otolaryngologist? Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Sep; 126(9):1146-9.
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Tishler M, Pras M, Yaron M. Abdominal fat tissue aspirate in amyloidosis of familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1988 Oct-Dec; 6(4):395-7.
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Dinarello CA, Chusid MJ, Fauci AS, Gallin JI, Dale DC, Wolff SM. Effect of prophylactic colchicine therapy on leukocyte function in patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Arthritis Rheum. 1976 May-Jun; 19(3):618-22.
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Dinarello CA, Wolff SM, Goldfinger SE, Dale DC, Alling DW. Colchicine therapy for familial mediterranean fever. A double-blind trial. N Engl J Med. 1974 Oct 31; 291(18):934-7.
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Wolff SM, Dinarello CA, Dale DC, Goldfinger SE, Alling DW. Colchicine therapy of familial Mediterranean fever. Trans Assoc Am Physicians. 1974; 87:186-94.
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