Most common etiologies of AA amylodosis in the west are rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis and familial Mediterranean fever.
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Internet sites promote the anecdotal claim that Melungeons are more prone to certain diseases, such as sarcoidosis or familial Mediterranean fever.
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He was being treated in the International Hospital in Naples for what was called " Mediterranean fever, " an archaic term for brucellosis.
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The most common genetic autoinflammatory syndrome is familial Mediterranean fever, which causes short episodes of fever, abdominal pain, serositis, lasting less than 72 hours.
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In August 2009, colchicine won FDA approval in the United States as a stand-alone drug for the treatment of acute flares of gout and familial Mediterranean fever.
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The differential diagnosis includes fever of unknown origin, familial Mediterranean fever ( FMF ) and familial Hibernian fever ( or TNF? reception associated periodic syndrome / TRAPS ).
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Genetic studies have shown association of some of these SNPs with the disposition to several human diseases including familiar Mediterranean fever, coronary artery diseases, cerebral infarction, and osteoporosis.
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To treat the amyloidosis, Taub states that they need to discover what caused it, and the team considers rheumatoid arthritis, familial Mediterranean fever, and lymphoma as possible causes of the disorder.
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The gene, a variant of a gene that controls fever, has come to light because it causes an unusual disease called familial Mediterranean fever in individuals who inherit a copy from both parents.
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Researchers have discovered the defective gene that causes Familial Mediterranean Fever, a disease that mainly affects Jews of North African descent, Turks, Druse and Armenians, one of the doctors involved in the project said Monday.
