Familial Mediterranean fever

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent short episodes of fever and serositis resulting in pain in the abdomen, chest, joints and muscles.

Stroke

Sudden impairment of blood flow to a part of the brain due to occlusion or rupture of an artery to the brain.


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PMID (PMCID)
20517179
MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Familial Mediterranean fever and central nervous system involvement: a case series.
Kalyoncu U, Eker A, Oguz KK, Kurne A, Kalan I, Topcuoglu AM, Anlar B, Bilginer Y, Arici M, Yilmaz E, Kiraz S, Calguneri M, Karabudak R.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2010;89(2):75-84.
We conducted this study to determine familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)-associated central nervous system involvement including demyelinating lesions, stroke, and posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES).