Familial Mediterranean fever, from pathogenesis to treatment: a contemporary review

A Tufan, H LACHMANN - Turkish Journal of Medical …, 2020 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Abstract Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)(OMIM# 249100) is the most common hereditary
autoinflammatory disease in the world. FMF is caused by gain of function mutations of MEFV …

The spectrum of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) mutations

I Touitou - European Journal of Human Genetics, 2001 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever

S Ozen, E Demirkaya, B Erer, A Livneh… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
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: recent developments in pathogenesis and new recommendations for management

S Özen, ED Batu, S Demir - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory
disease (AID) affecting mainly the ethnic groups originating from Mediterranean basin. The …

Colchicine use in children and adolescents with familial Mediterranean fever: literature review and consensus statement

T Kallinich, D Haffner, T Niehues, K Huss, E Lainka… - …, 2007 - publications.aap.org
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 …

As a new inflammatory marker for familial Mediterranean fever: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio

A Ahsen, MS Ulu, S Yuksel, K Demir, M Uysal… - Inflammation, 2013 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), which is an autosomal recessive disease, is
characterised by recurrent febrile episodes in association with peritonitis, pleuritis and …

MEFV mutations in Behçet's disease

I Touitou, X Magne, N Molinari, A Navarro… - Human …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and Behçet's disease (BD), both inflammatory diseases,
are highly prevalent in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean populations. FMF is a …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Turkey: results of a nationwide multicenter study

Turkish FMF Study Group - Medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease that is prevalent
among eastern Mediterranean populations, mainly non-Ashkenazi Jews, Armenians, Turks …

E148Q is a disease-causing MEFV mutation: a phenotypic evaluation in patients with familial Mediterranean fever

R Topaloglu, F Ozaltin, E Yilmaz, S Ozen… - Annals of the …, 2005 - ard.bmj.com
Background: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is one of the periodic fever syndromes. It is
common among Turks, Jews, Arabs, and Armenians. Several mutations in the MEFV gene …

Hereditary periodic fever and reactive amyloidosis

JCH Van der Hilst, A Simon, JPH Drenth - Clinical and experimental …, 2005 - Springer
Hereditary periodic fever syndromes (HPF) are a group of diseases characterised by
recurrences of fever and inflammation separated by symptom-free intervals. Familial …