Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), an autoinflammatory periodic disorder, is an autosomal recessive disease that is prevalent among eastern Mediterranean populations, mainly Sephardic Jews, Turks, Armenians and Arabs. FMF is characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and pain secondary to polyserositis, especially peritoneum, pleura and joints. The symptoms are sudden onset, usually happen before the age of 20 and generally decrease spontaneously within 1-4 days. Since a large proportion of all the FMF patients in the world live in Turkey, approach to patients with FMF in the primary care is discussed in this article
Alan : Sağlık Bilimleri
Dergi Türü : Uluslararası
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