URLS for Familial Mediterranean Fever Research.

A Variety of URLS for Familial Mediterranean Fever Research.


The following articles cover a wide variety of symptoms and signs of FMF and include diagnosing the illness as well as treatment. Some are more technical than others and some may be good for printing and taking to your doctors if necessary:
 
Shariz Medical Journal - This article has the DIAGRAM of SYMPTOMS that I have often used.
http://semj.sums.ac.ir/vol7/apr2006/fmf.htm
 
Jewish Genetic Diseases - FMF
http://www.mazornet.com/genetics/familial_mediterranean_fever.htm
 
Mayo Clinic -
Familial Mediterranean fever
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/familial-mediterranean-fever/DS00766
 
GENETICS Home Reference - FMF
 
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/familial-mediterranean-fever
 
Molecular Genetics in Clinical Practice
Familial Mediterranean Fever: The
Genetics of Inflammation - this article has the map of spread of FMF throughout the Mediterranean, by Dr. Daniel Kastner, chief researcher FMF at NIH and pretty technical but worth taking a look at:
 
http://www.prontodiagnostics.com/pdfs/hospital%20fmf.pdf
 
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info - FMF
 
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/QnASelected.aspx?diseaseID=6421
 
National Human Genome Research Institute
 
http://www.genome.gov/12510679
 
University of MD,
http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/000363.htm
 
Merck Manual - FMF
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/sec19/ch297/ch297b.html
 
An interview w/ Dr. Terry Getzug - I posted to this site a couple of times.....
http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/familial_mediterranean_fever_an_interview_with_terri_getzug_md_20100725/
 
Uncommon clinical pattern of FMF: protracted febrile myalgia syndrome - this is the "fibromyalgia" of FMF - many in the USA are being given this diagnosis.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/g86037681x5l1q87/
 
TEXTBOOK of Medicine
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Emergency_Medicine/emr/pages/fmf.html

MEFV (NM_000243.1) sequence variants

http://fmf.igh.cnrs.fr/ISSAID/infevers/search.php?n=1

INFEVERS Home page:
The registry of Hereditary Auto-inflammatory Disorders Mutations
(includes other fever disorders)
http://fmf.igh.cnrs.fr/ISSAID/infevers/

 
Love and health in family ties,
Nancy