title: Familial Mediterranean fever: An updated review.
abstract: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disorder characterised by acute attacks of fever and serosal inflammation. FMF primarily affects Jewish, Armenian, Turkish, and Arab populations. The disease is accompanied by a marked decrease in quality of life due to the effects of attacks and subclinical inflammation in the attack-free periods. Untreated or inadequately treated patients run the risk of amyloidosis, which is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. In this review, the current information available on FMF is summarised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: İsmail
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Sarı
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Merih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Birlik
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Timuçin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasifoğlu
keywords: Familial Mediterranean fever; aetiology; amyloidosis; review; treatment