title: Periodic fever syndromes--a clinical overview.
abstract: Most hereditary periodic fever syndromes known today have their onset in the first year of life. Only two, namely Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and TNF-Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS) occur later, with most patients having become symptomatic by their twentieth birthday. Therefore this review will concentrate on FMF and TRAPS, the latter being a very rare disease, while the former has become somewhat more common in mid-Europe as a result of migration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. martin.aringer@akh-wien.ac.at
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aringer
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000235:genetics; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor