OBJECTIVE Familial mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common auto-inflammatory disease that is characterized by recurrent, self-limited attacks of fever and serous membrane inflammation. Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases are considered to have a raised cardiovascular diseases risk. The aim of this study was to investigate; by means of P wave dispersion (Pd) and QT dispersion (QTd...

from april 1983 to september 1990, 32 patients with familial mediterranean fever (fmf) were studied. fmf is characterized by short, self-limited, febrile episodes that occur with inflammation of serosal surfaces. major symptoms include fever and abdominal pain, presenting as acute surgical abdomen. these attacks are associated with considerable morbidity and in some patients lead to unnecessary...

The last two years have been marked by many studies trying to better characterize the clinical features of FMF in children and proposal of new treatment for those who are resistant to colchicine. In addition, many studies tried to address the potential effect of genetic modifiers on FMF and the potential effect of MEFV mutations on other inflammatory diseases. The main points arose from these s...

About a quarter of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients have recurrent painful attacks of polyserositis despite regular colchicine treatment. There is no known alternative drug for colchicine-resistant cases. We had previously observed a patient with FMF whose painful attacks disappeared during the 6 month period of interferon alpha (IFN) treatment for his chronic hepatitis B. The object...

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease (AID) affecting mainly the ethnic groups originating from Mediterranean basin. The disease is characterized by self-limited inflammatory attacks of fever and polyserositis along with elevated acute phase reactants. FMF is inherited autosomal recessively; however, a significant proportion of heterozygotes al...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Systemic inflammation has an important role in the initiation of atherosclerosis, which is associated with arterial stiffness (AS). Aortic flow propagation velocity (APV) is a new echocardiographic parameter of aortic stiffness. The relationship between systemic inflammation and AS has not yet been described in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). We aimed...

conclusions this case showed the effect of additional anakinra on children with fmf who were colchicine resistant. case presentation herein was reported a colchicine non-responsive patient with accurate diagnosis and early treatment of fmf. she had presented with recurrent and persistent acute abdominal pain attacks and several abdominal surgeries. addition of recombinant interleukin-1 receptor...

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most frequent hereditary autoinflammatory disease characterized by self-limited episodes of fever and serositis. FMF is more prevalent among non-Askhenazi Jewish, Turkish, Arabic and Armenian populations. FMF is inherited with an autosomal recessive pattern and is caused by mutations in the MEFV gene located on chromosome 16p13.3, encoding pyrin. AA typ...

Methods Clinical studies conducted in 61 non complicated of amyloidosis FMF children in the Republican FMF Children Center, Center “Arabkir”. The age of the patients varies from 5-15. Three patients of FMF are accompanied with HSP. We are selected as a control group of 11 healthy people in practice.Biochemical studies carried out in Hematological Center of Armenia. In erythrocytes of membrane w...