Familial Mediterranean Fever |
Benign paroxysmal peritonitis; FMF; Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes; Mediterranean Fever, Familial; Periodic Disease; Periodic peritonitis; Recurrent polyserositis; Wolff Periodic Disease |
FMF redirects here. You may be looking for Funkmaster Flex. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder that affects groups of patients originating from around the Mediterranean Sea (hence its name). It is prominently present in the Armenian people (up to 1 in 7 affected), Sephardi Jews (and, to a much lesser extent, Ashkenazi Jews), people from Turkey, the Arab countries and Lebanon.[1] Clinical symptoms Attacks There are seven types of attacks. 90% o ...
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