Familial Mediterranean fever is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. There are two
phenotypes: types 1 and 2. Familial Mediterranean fever type 1 is characterized by recurrent …

North Africa is defined as the geographical region separated from the rest of the continent by
the Sahara and from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea. The main demographic features of …

AB s T r ACT familial Mediterranean fever (fMf), the most frequent of the periodic fever
syndromes, is an autosomal recessive disease, predominantly affecting people of …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common autosomal recessive
autoinflammatory disease. To date, following the isolation of more than 280 MEFV sequence …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease characterized
by recurrent, sporadic, self-limited episodes of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleuritis …

Our aim was to construct a Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) cumulative database and to
propose a MEFV based phylogenetic tree. Data were collected from published studies. A …

Abstract Background Tunisia is a North African country of 10 million inhabitants. The native
background population is Berber. However, throughout its history, Tunisia has been the site …

Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent
attacks of abdominal pain, synovitis and pleuritis. MEFV gene mutations are responsible for …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate MEFV mutations among patients with familial Mediterranean
fever (FMF), their relatives, and healthy controls in the Black Sea region of Turkey; to …

Tunisia is one of the North African countries, geographically situated in a central position at
the crossroad between Africa and Europe. The demographic features of the Tunisian …