Q: My neighbor’s son was diagnosed with Mediterranean fever even though he has never left the country. Is this contagious? A: The "full" name for this condition is Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A small minority of patients with familial Mediterranean fever may be able to achieve colchicine-free remission, ...

In 2016, EULAR (The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology) published recommendations on the treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Since then, new evidence has become available, ...

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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic condition most common among persons of Turkish, Armenian, Jewish and Mediterranean descent. It is characterized by pain and inflammation, abdominal pain ...

This work aimed at investigating demographic, clinical, and genetic characteristics of individuals experiencing their first familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) attack at age ≥40 years in a very large ...

Familial Mediterranean fever, mevalonate kinase deficiency (also known as the hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome), and the tumor necrosis factor receptor–associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) are ...

FMF typically starts with repeated bouts of fever with abdominal, chest or joint pain. It gets its name from the fact that the most commonly affected are people of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean ...