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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Genetic > Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases > Familial Mediterranean Fever
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Skin Diseases, Genetic > Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases > Familial Mediterranean Fever

Preferred term

Familial Mediterranean Fever  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitides
  • Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitis
  • Disease, Periodic
  • Diseases, Periodic
  • Disease, Wolff Periodic
  • Disease, Wolff's Periodic
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever, Autosomal Recessive
  • Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositides
  • Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis
  • Mediterranean Fever, Familial
  • Paroxysmal Peritonitides, Benign
  • Paroxysmal Peritonitis, Benign
  • Paroxysmal Polyserositides, Familial
  • Paroxysmal Polyserositis, Familial
  • Periodic Disease
  • Periodic Diseases
  • Periodic Disease, Wolff
  • Periodic Disease, Wolff's
  • Periodic Disease, Wolffs
  • Periodic Peritonitides
  • Periodic Peritonitis
  • Peritonitides, Benign Paroxysmal
  • Peritonitides, Periodic
  • Peritonitis, Benign Paroxysmal
  • Peritonitis, Periodic
  • Polyserositides, Familial Paroxysmal
  • Polyserositides, Recurrent
  • Polyserositis, Familial Paroxysmal
  • Polyserositis, Recurrent
  • Recurrent Polyserositides
  • Recurrent Polyserositis
  • Wolff Periodic Disease
  • Wolff's Periodic Disease
  • Wolffs Periodic Disease

Note

  • a specific disease entity: do not use entry term PERIODIC DISEASE for periodically occurring disease (= PERIODICITY (IM) + disease (IM))

Scope note

  • A group of HEREDITARY AUTOINFLAMMATION DISEASES, characterized by recurrent fever, abdominal pain, headache, rash, PLEURISY; and ARTHRITIS. ORCHITIS; benign MENINGITIS; and AMYLOIDOSIS may also occur. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in marenostrin gene encoding PYRIN result in autosomal recessive transmission; simple heterozygous, autosomal dominant form of the disease also exists with mutations in the same gene.

History note

  • 2000 (1966)

In other languages

  • perinnöllinen Välimeren kuume

    Finnish

  • familiaalinen Välimeren kuume
  • familiaalinen välimerenkuume
  • familiaarinen välimerenkuume
  • febris Mediterranea familialis
  • perinnöllinen välimerenkuume
  • suvuittainen Välimeren kuume
  • suvuittainen välimerenkuume
  • Välimeren kuume
  • välimerenkuume
  • Familjär medelhavsfeber

    Swedish

  • Periodisk peritonit
  • Återkommande polyserosit

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010505

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