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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2001	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	2	0	2
2018	0	1	1
2021	1	1	2
2022	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1

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Hirahara Y, Yamaguchi M, Takase-Minegishi K, Kirino Y, Aoki S, Hirahara L, Obata S, Kasai M, Maeda A, Tsuchida N, Yoshimi R, Horita N, Nakajima H, Miyagi E. Pregnancy outcomes in patients with familial Mediterranean fever: systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 02 01; 63(2):277-284.

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Koga T, Sato S, Hagimori N, Yamamoto H, Ishimura M, Yasumi T, Kirino Y, Ikeda K, Yachie A, Migita K, Kishida D, Atsumi T, Kawakami A. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial on the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022 Sep; 40(8):1535-1542.

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Samukawa S, Yoshimi R, Kirino Y, Nakajima H. The PRY/SPRY domain of pyrin/TRIM20 interacts with ?2-microglobulin to promote inflammasome formation. Sci Rep. 2021 12 08; 11(1):23613.

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Vahidnezhad H, Youssefian L, Saeidian AH, Ziaee V, Mahmoudi H, Parvaneh N, Ashjaei B, Shahrokh S, Kamyab Hesari K, Soltani Zangbar M, Yousefi M, Zeinali S, Uitto J. Homozygous MEFV Gene Variant and Pyrin-Associated Autoinflammation With Neutrophilic Dermatosis: A Family With a Novel Autosomal Recessive Mode of Inheritance. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Dec 01; 157(12):1466-1471.

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Dasgeb B, Kornreich D, McGuinn K, Okon L, Brownell I, Sackett DL. Colchicine: an ancient drug with novel applications. Br J Dermatol. 2018 02; 178(2):350-356.

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Soriano A, Verecchia E, Afeltra A, Landolfi R, Manna R. IL-1? biological treatment of familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2013 Aug; 45(1):117-30.

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Kirino Y, Zhou Q, Ishigatsubo Y, Mizuki N, Tugal-Tutkun I, Seyahi E, ?zyazgan Y, Ugurlu S, Erer B, Abaci N, Ustek D, Meguro A, Ueda A, Takeno M, Inoko H, Ombrello MJ, Satorius CL, Maskeri B, Mullikin JC, Sun HW, Gutierrez-Cruz G, Kim Y, Wilson AF, Kastner DL, G?l A, Remmers EF. Targeted resequencing implicates the familial Mediterranean fever gene MEFV and the toll-like receptor 4 gene TLR4 in Beh?et disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 14; 110(20):8134-9.

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Toplak N, Frenkel J, Ozen S, Lachmann HJ, Woo P, Kon?-Paut I, De Benedetti F, Neven B, Hofer M, Dolezalova P, K?mmerle-Deschner J, Touitou I, Hentgen V, Simon A, Girschick H, Rose C, Wouters C, Vesely R, Arostegui J, Stojanov S, Ozgodan H, Martini A, Ruperto N, Gattorno M. An international registry on autoinflammatory diseases: the Eurofever experience. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Jul; 71(7):1177-82.

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J?ru I, Duquesnoy P, Fernandes-Alnemri T, Cochet E, Yu JW, Lackmy-Port-Lis M, Grimprel E, Landman-Parker J, Hentgen V, Marlin S, McElreavey K, Sarkisian T, Grateau G, Alnemri ES, Amselem S. Mutations in NALP12 cause hereditary periodic fever syndromes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 05; 105(5):1614-9.

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Yu JW, Fernandes-Alnemri T, Datta P, Wu J, Juliana C, Solorzano L, McCormick M, Zhang Z, Alnemri ES. Pyrin activates the ASC pyroptosome in response to engagement by autoinflammatory PSTPIP1 mutants. Mol Cell. 2007 Oct 26; 28(2):214-27.

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