periodic fever syndrome

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periodic fever syndrome

Immunology A heterogeneous group of inherited diseases of uncertain pathogenesis, in which the diagnosis is based on clinical features rather than on specific tests. See Familial Mediterranean fever, Hyper-IgD syndrome.

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Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are a rare, autoinflammatory disease group that generally has autosomal dominant inheritance.

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Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive and autoinflammatory disease, characterized with inflammation of serous membranes such as peritoneum, pleura, synovium with fever and pain.

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Moreover, a positive association with other CARD15/NOD2 gene polymorphisms has been recently described in a systemic syndrome, termed NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease [9].

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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a recessively inherited, periodic autoinflammatory disease characterized by chronic inflammation (1).

Relationship between genetic mutation variations and acute-phase reactants in the attack-free period of children diagnosed with familial Mediterranean fever

As FMF is an autoinflammatory disease with an ongoing inflammatory activity and as inflammation plays an important role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis in some of the rheumatic diseases, we aimed to investigate the early markers of atherosclerosis in patients with FMF by the measurements of serum PON-1 activity, MPV and MDA level.

Relationship of paraoxonase-1, malondialdehyde and mean platelet volume with markers of atherosclerosis in familial Mediterranean fever: an observational study/Ailevi Akdeniz atesinde paraoksonaz-1, malondialdehit ve ortalama trombosit hacmi ile ateroskleroz belirteclerinin iliskisi: Gozlemsel bir calisma

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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease inherited as an autosomal recessive condition and characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, abdominal pain, pleuritis, and arthritis (1, 2).

Multiplex molecular diagnosis of MEFV mutations in patients with Familial Mediterranean fever by Lightcycler real-time PCR

For that one tenth of one percent of the population that has lupus or juvenile rhematoid arthritis or some severe autoinflammatory disease, yes, they have high levels of CRP, but that's not the point.

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