title: [A patient with familial Mediterranean fever].
abstract: Familial Mediterranean fever, a genetic disorder with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance, occurs in patients originating from the eastern Mediterranean. Characteristic features are attacks of fever, peritonitis, pleuritis, synovitis and skin rash. The disease may be complicated by amyloidosis. Treatment with colchicine is generally successful.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tel
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: ten Napel
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D003078:Colchicine
vernacular_title: Een patiënt met familiaire mediterrane koorts.