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Chaim B. Reich, MD; Edward C. Franklin, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1970;125(2):337-340.

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In recent years the syndrome of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) has been recognized as a distinct clinical entity,^1,2 and a close relationship of the disease to amyloidosis has been established.³ Familial Mediterranean fever is an inherited disease, most often seen in Sephardic Jews, Armenians, and Arabs, in whom it appears to be transmitted by an autosomal-recessive mode of inheritance.⁴ On occasion a similar syndrome has been encountered in members of other ethnic groups (French, Spanish, Turkish, Greek, Swedish, and Dutch) ³ in whom it occasionally appears to have been transmitted in a way compatible with an autosomal-dominant form of inheritance.

Familial Mediterranean fever has been divided into two phenotypes. Phenotype 1, the most commonly described variant, is characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and short self-limited peritonitis, pleurisy, or arthritis. Perireticular amyloidosis may occur during the course of the disease in about 26.5% of patients ³ and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Medicine, Rheumatic Diseases Study Group, New York University Medical Center, New York.

Footnotes
Received for publication July 29, 1969; accepted Aug 12.

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