Familial Mediterranean Fever

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A group of HEREDITARY AUTOINFLAMMATION DISEASES, characterized by recurrent fever, abdominal pain, headache, rash, PLEURISY; and ARTHRITIS. ORCHITIS; benign MENINGITIS; and AMYLOIDOSIS may also occur. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in marenostrin gene result in autosomal recessive transmission; simple heterozygous, autosomal dominant form of the disease.

Descriptor ID	D010505
MeSH Number(s)	C16.320.382.625
Concept/Terms	Familial Mediterranean Fever Familial Mediterranean Fever Familial Mediterranean Fever, Autosomal Recessive Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositides Paroxysmal Polyserositides, Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis, Familial Polyserositides, Familial Paroxysmal Mediterranean Fever, Familial Periodic Disease Disease, Periodic Diseases, Periodic Periodic Diseases Wolff's Periodic Disease Wolffs Periodic Disease Periodic Peritonitis Periodic Peritonitides Peritonitides, Periodic Peritonitis, Periodic Polyserositis, Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis, Recurrent Recurrent Polyserositis Polyserositides, Recurrent Recurrent Polyserositides Wolff Periodic Disease Disease, Wolff Periodic Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitis Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitides Paroxysmal Peritonitides, Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitis, Benign Peritonitides, Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitis, Benign Paroxysmal Periodic Disease, Wolff's Disease, Wolff's Periodic Periodic Disease, Wolff Periodic Disease, Wolffs

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Diseases [C]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases [C16.320.382]
Familial Mediterranean Fever [C16.320.382.625]

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