Familial Mediterranean Fever
JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN MEDICINE-JAREM, cilt.5, sa.3, ss.89-93, 2015 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
- Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.5152/jarem.2015.642
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN MEDICINE-JAREM
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.89-93
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Familial Mediterranean Fever, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease that affects mainly the people of Jewish, Arabic, Turkish, and Armenian origins. FMF is a disease characterized by recurrent fever, abdominal pain, pleuritis, arthritis, and erysipelas-like skin lesion. The diagnosis of FMF is based on clinical manifestations; therefore, diagnostic difficulties are experienced in many FMF patients. This article is focused on a diagnostic approach to the FMF disease.