Familial mediterranean fever overview

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Familial mediterranean fever is a hereditary inflammatory disorder that affects groups of patients originating from around the Mediterranean Sea (hence its name). It is prominently present in the Armenian people (up to 1 in 7 affected), Sephardi Jews (and, to a much lesser extent, Ashkenazi Jews), people from Turkey, the Arab countries and Lebanon.