A Case of Familial Mediterranean Fever with Extensive Lymphadenopathy and Complex Heterozygous Genotype Presenting in the Fourth Decade
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited disease caused by loss of function mutations in the MEFV gene encoding pyrin, a negative regulator of interleukin-1. The disease is characterized by recurrent fever and self-limited attacks of joint, chest, and abdominal pain but lymphadenopathy is...
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Main Authors: | Jawad Al-Khafaji, Fran Ganz-Lord, Venkata Rajesh Konjeti, Aaron D. Viny |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Rheumatology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9670801 |
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