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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45868| Title: | Familial Mediterranean fever : a common hereditary disease in Malta |
| Authors: | Scerri, Christian A. |
| Keywords: | Periodic peritonitis -- Malta Periodic peritonitis -- Pathophysiology Periodic diseases -- Malta Periodic peritonitis -- Diagnosis |
| Issue Date: | 2008-09 |
| Publisher: | Medical Portals Ltd. |
| Citation: | Scerri, C. A. (2008). Familial Mediterranean fever : a common hereditary disease in Malta. The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 5, 16-18. |
| Abstract: | Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), also known as recurrent polyserositis, is an autosomic recessive disease affecting the inflammatory pathway Other related inherited conditions include hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D with periodic fever syndrome (HIDS) and the autosomal dominant Tumour Necrosis Factor Receptor-l-associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS), FMF is the most frequent of the group and as the name implies affects populations of the Mediterranean basin. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45868 |
| Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Issue 05/08 The Synapse, Issue 05/08 |
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