Chronic inflammation in FMF: markers, risk factors, outcomes and therapy

I Ben-Zvi, A Livneh - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2011 - nature.com
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common of the hereditary periodic fever
syndromes. Although the typical clinical course of FMF is characterized by bouts of painful …

Familial mediterranean fever in Arabs

H El-Shanti, HA Majeed, M El-Khateeb - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
Autoinflammatory diseases are a group of disorders characterised by seemingly unprovoked
inflammation in the absence of high-titre autoantibodies or antigen-specific T cells, and …

Criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever

A Livneh, P Langevitz, D Zemer, N Zaks… - Arthritis & …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To establish a new set of criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever
(FMF). Methods. Twenty‐seven features and manifestations typical of FMF were studied to …

Fibromyalgia in patients with other rheumatic diseases: prevalence and relationship with disease activity

S Haliloglu, A Carlioglu, D Akdeniz… - Rheumatology …, 2014 - Springer
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome characterized by chronic widespread pain and the
presence of specific tender points. The prevalence of FM has been estimated at 2–7% of the …

[PDF][PDF] Familial Mediterranean fever: clinical, molecular and management advancements

M Lidar, A Livneh - Neth J Med, 2007 - njmonline.nl
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Familial mediterranean fever

A Kucuk, IA Gezer, R Ucar… - Acta Medica (Hradec …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Familial Mediterranean Fever is an autosomal recessive inherited disease with a course of
autoinflammation, which is characterized by the episodes of fever and serositis. It affects the …

Results from a multicentre international registry of familial Mediterranean fever: impact of environment on the expression of a monogenic disease in children

S Ozen, E Demirkaya, G Amaryan… - Annals of the …, 2014 - ard.bmj.com
Background and aim Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease
caused by mutations of the MEFV gene. We analyse the impact of ethnic, environmental and …

Development and initial validation of international severity scoring system for familial Mediterranean fever (ISSF)

E Demirkaya, C Acikel, P Hashkes… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To develop widely accepted international severity score for children and adult
patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) that can be easily applied, in research and …

Familial Mediterranean fever without MEFV mutations: a case–control study

I Ben-Zvi, C Herskovizh, O Kukuy, Y Kassel… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Although familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) was originally defined as
an autosomal recessive disorder, approximately 10–20% of FMF patients do not carry any …

MEFV alterations and population genetics analysis in a large cohort of Greek patients with familial Mediterranean fever

S Giaglis, V Papadopoulos, K Kambas… - Clinical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a disease characterized by recurrent, self‐limiting
bouts of fever and serositis and caused by altered pyrin due to mutated MEFV gene. FMF is …