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Familial Mediterranean Fever

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Definition: 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.  a specific disease entity: do not use entry term PERIODIC DISEASE for periodically occurring disease (= PERIODICITY (IM) + disease (IM))    Other names Wolff's Periodic Disease; Wolff Periodic Disease; Periodic Disease, Wolff's; Periodic Disease; Mediterranean Fever, Familial; Wolffs Periodic Disease; Recurrent Polyserositides; Polyserositis, Recurrent; Polyserositis, Familial Paroxysmal; Polyserositides, Recurrent; Polyserositides, Familial Paroxysmal; Peritonitis, Periodic; Peritonitis, Benign Paroxysmal; Peritonitides, Periodic; Peritonitides, Benign Paroxysmal; Periodic Peritonitides; Periodic Diseases; Periodic Disease, Wolffs; Periodic Disease, Wolff; Paroxysmal Polyserositis, Familial
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
marenostrin  0   *Cytoskeletal Proteins Familial Mediterranean Fever. Nat Genet 1997 Sep;17(1):25-31; Protein Science (2001), 10:1911-1918

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