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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Skin Diseases, Genetic > Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases > Familial Mediterranean Fever
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Genetic > Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases > Familial Mediterranean Fever

Preferred term

Familial Mediterranean Fever  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A group of HEREDITARY AUTOINFLAMMATION DISEASES, characterized by recurrent fever, abdominal pain, headache, rash, PLEURISY; and ARTHRITIS. ORCHITIS; benign MENINGITIS; and AMYLOIDOSIS may also occur. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in marenostrin gene encoding PYRIN result in autosomal recessive transmission; simple heterozygous, autosomal dominant form of the disease also exists with mutations in the same gene.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitis
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever, Autosomal Recessive
  • Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis
  • Mediterranean Fever, Familial
  • Periodic Disease
  • Periodic Disease, Wolff's
  • Periodic Peritonitis
  • Polyserositis, Familial Paroxysmal
  • Polyserositis, Recurrent
  • Recurrent Polyserositis
  • Wolff Periodic Disease
  • Wolff's Periodic Disease

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Fièvre méditerranéenne familiale

    French

  • Épanalepsie méditerranéenne
  • FMF (Fièvre Méditerranéenne Familiale)
  • Maladie périodique
  • Péritonite paroxystique bénigne
  • Polysérite familiale paroxystique
  • Polysérite familiale récidivante

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PLL14DVN-9

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