[HTML][HTML] Familial Mediterranean fever—a review

M Shohat, GJ Halpern - Genetics in Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Familial Mediterranean fever is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. There are two
phenotypes: types 1 and 2. Familial Mediterranean fever type 1 is characterized by recurrent …

Current status of understanding the pathogenesis and management of patients with NOMID/CINCA

R Goldbach-Mansky - Current rheumatology reports, 2011 - Springer
Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID)/chronic infantile neurologic,
cutaneous, and arthritis (CINCA) syndrome is the most severe clinical phenotype in the …

Genetics of monogenic autoinflammatory diseases: past successes, future challenges

I Aksentijevich, DL Kastner - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2011 - nature.com
The term autoinflammation was initially coined to distinguish disorders characterized by
recurrent episodes of inflammation in the absence of high-titer autoantibodies and antigen …

[PDF][PDF] Therapeutic approach to familial Mediterranean fever: a review update

MA Ozturk, M Kanbay, B Kasapoglu… - Clin Exp …, 2011 - clinexprheumatol.org
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary disorder characterised by recurrent
attacks of fever with peritonitis or pleuritis, arthritis, myalgia or erysipelas-like skin lesions …

[HTML][HTML] Renal amyloidosis in children

Y Bilginer, T Akpolat, S Ozen - Pediatric Nephrology, 2011 - Springer
Renal amyloidosis is a detrimental disease caused by the deposition of amyloid fibrils. A
child with renal amyloidosis may present with proteinuria or nephrotic syndrome. Chronic …

Autoinflammatory diseases and cardiovascular manifestations

D Rigante, L Cantarini, M Imazio, OM Lucherini… - Annals of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A host of clinical scenarios can be depicted in hereditary autoinflammatory diseases, and
the cardiovascular system can also be involved especially in familial Mediterranean fever …

Antisense oligonucleotide suppression of serum amyloid A reduces amyloid deposition in mice with AA amyloidosis

B Kluve-Beckerman, J Hardwick, L Du, MD Benson… - Amyloid, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
AA amyloid patients who experience disease progression and develop renal failure have
not received sufficient benefit from agents that treat inflammation or infection. We have …

[HTML][HTML] Vascular comorbidities in familial Mediterranean fever

ZB Özçakar, F Yalçınkaya - Rheumatology international, 2011 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a common hereditary autoinflammatory disorder
characterized by recurrent febrile attacks and polyserositis. The MEditerranean FeVer …

Abnormal heart rate variability in AA amyloidosis of familial Mediterranean fever

U Nussinovitch, B Volovitz, M Nussinovitch, M Lidar… - Amyloid, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Background: A scarcity of data exists relating to the effect of amyloidosis of Familial
Mediterranean fever (FMF) on the autonomic nervous system. Our aim was to further …

[HTML][HTML] Heart rate variability in familial Mediterranean fever

N Nussinovitch, A Livneh, K Katz, P Langevitz… - Rheumatology …, 2011 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary disease, characterized by recurrent
episodes of fever and polyserositis. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a powerful, simple and …