title: [A Dutch family with familial Mediterranean fever].
abstract: Familial mediterranean fever (or recurrent hereditary polyserositis) is a genetic disorder with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance which occurs mostly in patients with eastern Mediterranean origin. Two Dutch patients are described, a 25-year-old women and her 58-year-old father, who suffered from recurring abdominal complaints, fever, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, without evidence of Middle Eastern ancestry or hyperimmunoglobulinemia D.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Utrecht.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Zweers
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Erkelens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007072:Immunoglobulin D; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007072:Immunoglobulin D; D003078:Colchicine
vernacular_title: Een Nederlandse familie met familiale mediterrane koorts.