Familial Mediterranean fever

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• Familial Mediterranean Fever is listed in their "List of Disorders.
• Kastner, MD, PhD; and Yaacov Matzner, MD 1 October 1998 | Volume 129 Issue 7 | Pages 539-542 Background: Familial Mediterranean fever is a recessively inherited disorder characterized by episodes of fever with abdominal pain, pleurisy, or arthritis.
• Familial Mediterranean fever is an inherited disorder caused by an abnormal recessive gene (see Inheriting Abnormal Recessive Genes).
• ▼ Interactive ▼ ● Jewish Genetic Diseases Boards Familial Mediterranean FeverFamilial Mediterranean Fever is an inherited rheumatic disease that occurs most commonly in people of non-Ashkenazi Jewish, Armenian, Arab and Turkish Background living in the United States and abroad.
• Autosomal recessive inheritance pattern Familial Mediterranean fever is a rare, inherited disorder caused by a defect in chromosome 16.

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