Abstract Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is the prototype of a group of inherited
inflammatory disorders. The gene (MEFV) responsible for this disease, comprises 10 exons …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory
disease (AID) affecting mainly the ethnic groups originating from Mediterranean basin. The …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory
disease, but many rheumatologists are not well acquainted with its management. The …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most frequent hereditary inflammatory disease
characterized by self-limited recurrent attacks of fever and serositis. It is transmitted in an …

An emerging theme of studies with spontaneous, engineered and induced mutant mice is
that phenotypes often depend on genetic background, implying that genetic modifiers have …

Fever of undetermined origin may be familial and have a periodic course. This article
discusses three syndromes of hereditary periodic fever: familial Mediterranean fever, the …

Familial autoinflammatory diseases: genetics, pathogenesis a... : Current Opinion in
Rheumatology Familial autoinflammatory diseases: genetics, pathogenesis and treatment …

The daily application of colchicine is the standard therapy for prophylaxis of attacks and
amyloid deposition in familial Mediterranean fever. However, because of many issues (eg …

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 …

AB s T r ACT familial Mediterranean fever (fMf), the most frequent of the periodic fever
syndromes, is an autosomal recessive disease, predominantly affecting people of …