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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];
Overview
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- Familial Mediterranean fever was first described in a Jewish schoolgirl by Janeway and Mosenthal in 1908.[1]
- In 1955, Dr. Heller called this disorder familial Mediterranean 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 parthenogenesis 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.