Objective. To establish a new set of criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).
Methods. Twenty‐seven features and manifestations typical of FMF were studied to …

Background: Infectious diseases and vaccines can occasionally cause new-onset or flare of
immune-mediated diseases (IMDs). The adjuvanticity of the available SARS-CoV-2 …

Quinine was first recognized as a potent antimalarial agent hundreds of years ago. Since
then, the beneficial effects of quinine and its more advanced synthetic forms, chloroquine and …

The role of vitamin D as an immune modulator has been emphasized in recent years, and
low levels of the hormone were observed in several autoimmune diseases including multiple …

We report 28 patients (20 male) with a syndrome characterized by abrupt onset of fever,
malaise, aphthous stomatitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenopathy (PFAPA syndrome)…

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease causing attacks of fever
and serositis. The gene causing this disease, designated MEFV, was mapped to the short …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal, recessively inherited disease, affecting
people of Jewish, Arabic, Turkish and Armenian ancestry. The disease is the prototype of …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a major cause of AA amyloidosis. Recently, the gene (MEFV)
causing this disease was cloned and 16 disease associated mutations have been …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a genetic disease characterized by painfulfebrile “attacks”
of serositis and the development of amyloidosis. Although FMF has been extensively …

The reduced cortisol and adrenal androgen secretion observed during testing in rheumatoid
arthritis patients not treated with glucocoticoids should be considered as a “relative adrenal …