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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.

Cachexia

Severe weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility related to a chronic disease.

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PMID (PMCID)
1792600	FEMALE
	[Selective involvement of the gastrointestinal tract in amyloidosis in a female patient with periodic disease and intact kidneys].
	Arutiunian VM, Eganian GA, Khachatrian VA. Ter Arkh. 1991;63(8):117-20.
	The authors describe a rare case of amyloidosis in a female patient suffering from periodic disease (PD) for 18 years without any clinico-laboratory signs of renal impairment but with marked clinical, (malabsorption, cachexia), endoscopic, x-ray and other manifestations of gastrointestinal amyloidosis.