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*Familial mediteranean fever was first discribed in a Jewish schoolgirl by Janeway and Mosenthal in 1908.<ref name="Janeway1908">{{cite journal|last1=Janeway|first1=Theodore C.|title=AN UNUSUAL PAROXYSMAL SYNDROME, PROBABLY ALLIED TO RECURRENT VOMITING,|journal=Archives of Internal Medicine|volume=II|issue=3|year=1908|pages=214|issn=0730-188X|doi=10.1001/archinte.1908.00050080016002}}</ref> | |||
*In 1955, Dr. Heller called this disorder familial mediteranean fever, which refers to its high prevalence in this region and the key presenting feature of periodic fever.<ref name="pmid13906231">{{cite journal |vauthors=HELLER H, SOHAR E, PRAS M |title=Ethnic distribution and amyloidosis in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) |journal=Pathol Microbiol (Basel) |volume=24 |issue= |pages=718–23 |date=1961 |pmid=13906231 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*In 1997, MEFV mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of familial Mediterranean fever.<ref name="pmid9288758">{{cite journal |vauthors= |title=Ancient missense mutations in a new member of the RoRet gene family are likely to cause familial Mediterranean fever. The International FMF Consortium |journal=Cell |volume=90 |issue=4 |pages=797–807 |date=August 1997 |pmid=9288758 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];
Overview
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- Familial mediteranean fever was first discribed in a Jewish schoolgirl by Janeway and Mosenthal in 1908.[1]
- In 1955, Dr. Heller called this disorder familial mediteranean fever, which refers to its high prevalence in this region and the key presenting feature of periodic fever.[2]
- In 1997, MEFV mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of familial Mediterranean fever.[3]
Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies
References
- ↑ Janeway, Theodore C. (1908). "AN UNUSUAL PAROXYSMAL SYNDROME, PROBABLY ALLIED TO RECURRENT VOMITING,". Archives of Internal Medicine. II (3): 214. doi:10.1001/archinte.1908.00050080016002. ISSN 0730-188X.
- ↑ HELLER H, SOHAR E, PRAS M (1961). "Ethnic distribution and amyloidosis in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)". Pathol Microbiol (Basel). 24: 718–23. PMID 13906231.
- ↑ "Ancient missense mutations in a new member of the RoRet gene family are likely to cause familial Mediterranean fever. The International FMF Consortium". Cell. 90 (4): 797–807. August 1997. PMID 9288758.