Prevalence and significance of mutations in the familial Mediterranean fever gene in patients with Crohn's disease
β Scribed by Karban, A; Dagan, E; Eliakim, R; Herman, A; Nesher, S; Weiss, B; Berkowitz, D; Shamir, R; Gershoni-Baruch, R
- Book ID
- 110037668
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1466-4879
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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease clinically characterized by recurrent short self-limited attacks of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleurisy, and arthritis and can lead to amyloidosis and renal failure in the longer term. It is prevalent mainly in non-Ashkenazi
Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disorder characterised by episodic fever, abdominal and pleuritic pain, serositis and arthritis. The FMF gene (MEFV) has been mapped to chromosome 16p13.3 and generates a protein found exclusively in granulocytes. Seventeen mutations have been r