GeneRIFs

Entrez Gene GeneRIFs are recent publications from the PubMed® catalog that contain relevant information about MEFV.

• Akar N, Ozturk A, Ozel D, Akar E, Ekim M. Is MEFV P706 polymorphism important in familial Mediterranean fever patients? J Nephrol. 2006 Jan-Feb;19(1):119-20. No abstract available. PubMed citation
• Aldea A, Casademont J, Aróstegui JI, Rius J, Masó M, Vives J, Yagüe J. I591T MEFV mutation in a Spanish kindred: is it a mild mutation, a benign polymorphism, or a variant influenced by another modifier? Hum Mutat. 2002 Aug;20(2):148-50. No abstract available. PubMed citation
• Ayesh S, Abu-Rmaileh H, Nassar S, Al-Shareef W, Abu-Libdeh B, Muhanna A, Al-Kafri F. Molecular analysis of MEFV gene mutations among Palestinian patients with Behcet's disease. Scand J Rheumatol. 2008 Sep-Oct;37(5):370-4. PubMed citation
• Balbir-Gurman A, Nahir AM, Braun-Moscovici Y. Vasculitis in siblings with familial Mediterranean fever: a report of three cases and review of the literature. Clin Rheumatol. 2007 Jul;26(7):1183-5. Epub 2006 Jul 6. PubMed citation
• Balci B, Tinaztepe K, Yilmaz E, Guçer S, Ozen S, Topaloğlu R, Beşbaş N, Ozguç M, Bakkaloğlu A. MEFV gene mutations in familial Mediterranean fever phenotype II patients with renal amyloidosis in childhood: a retrospective clinicopathological and molecular study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 Nov;17(11):1921-3. PubMed citation
• Balci-Peynircioglu B, Waite AL, Hu C, Richards N, Staubach-Grosse A, Yilmaz E, Gumucio DL. Pyrin, product of the MEFV locus, interacts with the proapoptotic protein, Siva. J Cell Physiol. 2008 Sep;216(3):595-602. PubMed citation
• Balci S, Engiz O. Co-occurrence of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) heterozygote mutation and nail-patella syndrome (NPS) in 3 members of a family with LMX1B mutation analysis. Genet Couns. 2007;18(2):259-62. No abstract available. PubMed citation
• Cañete JD, Arostegui JI, Queiró R, Gratacós J, Hernández MV, Larrosa M, Alperí M, Moll C, Rius J, Sanmartí R, Yagüe J. An unexpectedly high frequency of MEFV mutations in patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibody-negative palindromic rheumatism. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Aug;56(8):2784-8. PubMed citation
• Cazeneuve C, Papin S, Jéru I, Duquesnoy P, Amselem S. Subcellular localisation of marenostrin/pyrin isoforms carrying the most common mutations involved in familial Mediterranean fever in the presence or absence of its binding partner ASC. J Med Genet. 2004 Mar;41(3):e24. No abstract available. PubMed citation
• Chaabouni HB, Ksantini M, M'rad R, Kharrat M, Chaabouni M, Maazoul F, Bahloul Z, Ben Jemaa L, Ben Moussa F, Ben Chaabane T, Mrad S, Touitou I, Smaoui N. MEFV mutations in Tunisian patients suffering from familial Mediterranean fever. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Jun;36(6):397-401. Epub 2007 Feb 5. PubMed citation
• Chae JJ, Wood G, Masters SL, Richard K, Park G, Smith BJ, Kastner DL. The B30.2 domain of pyrin, the familial Mediterranean fever protein, interacts directly with caspase-1 to modulate IL-1beta production. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jun 27;103(26):9982-7. Epub 2006 Jun 19. PubMed citation
• Chae JJ, Wood G, Richard K, Jaffe H, Colburn NT, Masters SL, Gumucio DL, Shoham NG, Kastner DL. The familial Mediterranean fever protein, pyrin, is cleaved by caspase-1 and activates NF-kappaB through its N-terminal fragment. Blood. 2008 Sep 1;112(5):1794-803. Epub 2008 Jun 24. PubMed citation
• Chalevelakis G, Apostolakis I, Koliou X, Apessos A, Kyriakopoulou V, Vrakidou E, Vasilopoulou A, Lamnisou K, Nasioulas G. Different intrafamilial clinical presentation of FMF mutation carriers. Genet Test. 2008 Mar;12(1):125-7. PubMed citation
• Chen X, Bykhovskaya Y, Tidow N, Hamon M, Bercovitz Z, Spirina O, Fischel-Ghodsian N. The familial mediterranean fever protein interacts and colocalizes with a putative Golgi transporter. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 2000 May;224(1):32-40. PubMed citation
• Chen X, Bykhovskaya Y, Tidow N, Hamon M, Bercovitz Z, Spirina O, Fischel-Ghodsian N. The familial mediterranean fever protein interacts and colocalizes with a putative Golgi transporter. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 2000 May;224(1):32-40. PubMed citation
• Colak B, Gurlek B, Yegin ZA, Deger SM, Elbek S, Pasaoglu H, Dogan I, Ozturk MA, Unal S, Guz G. The relationship between the MEFV genotype, clinical features, and cytokine-inflammatory activities in patients with familial mediterranean fever. Ren Fail. 2008;30(2):187-91. PubMed citation
• Day TG, Ramanan AV, Hinks A, Lamb R, Packham J, Wise C, Punaro M, Donn RP. Autoinflammatory genes and susceptibility to psoriatic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jul;58(7):2142-6. PubMed citation
• Demirkaya E, Tunca Y, Gok F, Ozen S, Gul D. A very frequent mutation and remarkable association of R761H with M694V mutations in Turkish familial Mediterranean fever patients. Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Jun;27(6):729-32. Epub 2007 Nov 14. PubMed citation
• Dodé C, Hazenberg BP, Pêcheux C, Cattan D, Moulin B, Barthélémy A, Gubler MC, Delpech M, Grateau G. Mutational spectrum in the MEFV and TNFRSF1A genes in patients suffering from AA amyloidosis and recurrent inflammatory attacks. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 Jul;17(7):1212-7. PubMed citation
• Dowds TA, Masumoto J, Chen FF, Ogura Y, Inohara N, Núñez G. Regulation of cryopyrin/Pypaf1 signaling by pyrin, the familial Mediterranean fever gene product. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003 Mar 14;302(3):575-80. PubMed citation
• Duşunsel R, Dursun I, Gündüz Z, Poyrazoğlu MH, Gürgöze MK, Dundar M. Genotype-phenotype correlation in children with familial Mediterranean fever in a Turkish population. Pediatr Int. 2008 Apr;50(2):208-12. PubMed citation
• Esmaeili M, Bonyadi M, Rafeey M, Sakha K, Somi MH. Common MEFV mutation analysis in Iranian Azeri Turkish patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Apr;37(5):334-8. Epub 2007 Nov 19. PubMed citation
• Fidder H, Chowers Y, Ackerman Z, Pollak RD, Crusius JB, Livneh A, Bar-Meir S, Avidan B, Shinhar Y. The familial Mediterranean fever (MEVF) gene as a modifier of Crohn's disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Feb;100(2):338-43. PubMed citation
• Fragouli E, Eliopoulos E, Petraki E, Sidiropoulos P, Aksentijevich I, Galanakis E, Kritikos H, Repa A, Fragiadakis G, Boumpas D, Goulielmos GN. Familial Mediterranean Fever in Crete: a genetic and structural biological approach in a population of 'intermediate risk'. Clin Genet. 2008 Feb;73(2):152-9. Epub 2007 Dec 29. PubMed citation
• Gattorno M, Sormani MP, D'Osualdo A, Pelagatti MA, Caroli F, Federici S, Cecconi M, Solari N, Meini A, Zulian F, Obici L, Breda L, Martino S, Tommasini A, Bossi G, Govers A, Touitou I, Woo P, Frenkel J, Koné-Paut I, Baldi M, Ceccherini I, Martini A. A diagnostic score for molecular analysis of hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes with periodic fever in children. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jun;58(6):1823-32. PubMed citation
• Gershoni-Baruch R, Brik R, Zacks N, Shinawi M, Lidar M, Livneh A. The contribution of genotypes at the MEFV and SAA1 loci to amyloidosis and disease severity in patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Apr;48(4):1149-55. PubMed citation
• Giaglis S, Mimidis K, Papadopoulos V, Thomopoulos K, Sidiropoulos P, Rafail S, Nikolopoulou V, Fragouli E, Kartalis G, Tzioufas A, Boumpas D, Ritis K. Increased frequency of mutations in the gene responsible for familial Mediterranean fever (MEFV) in a cohort of patients with ulcerative colitis: evidence for a potential disease-modifying effect? Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Apr;51(4):687-92. PubMed citation
• Giaglis S, Papadopoulos V, Kambas K, Doumas M, Tsironidou V, Rafail S, Kartalis G, Speletas M, Ritis K. MEFV alterations and population genetics analysis in a large cohort of Greek patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Genet. 2007 May;71(5):458-67. PubMed citation
• Goulielmos GN, Fragouli E, Aksentijevich I, Sidiropoulos P, Boumpas DT, Eliopoulos E. Mutational analysis of the PRYSPRY domain of pyrin and implications for familial mediterranean fever (FMF). Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Jul 14;345(4):1326-32. Epub 2006 May 15. PubMed citation
• Grimaldi MP, Candore G, Vasto S, Caruso M, Caimi G, Hoffmann E, Colonna-Romano G, Lio D, Shinar Y, Franceschi C, Caruso C. Role of the pyrin M694V (A2080G) allele in acute myocardial infarction and longevity: a study in the Sicilian population. J Leukoc Biol. 2006 Mar;79(3):611-5. Epub 2005 Dec 30. PubMed citation
• Hoffman HM. Hereditary immunologic disorders caused by pyrin and cryopyrin. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2007 Sep;7(5):323-30. PubMed citation
• Imirzalioglu N, Dursun A, Tastan B, Soysal Y, Yakicier MC. MEFV gene is a probable susceptibility gene for Behçet's disease. Scand J Rheumatol. 2005;34(1):56-8. PubMed citation
• Jalkh N, Génin E, Chouery E, Delague V, Medlej-Hashim M, Idrac CA, Mégarbané A, Serre JL. Familial Mediterranean Fever in Lebanon: founder effects for different MEFV mutations. Ann Hum Genet. 2008 Jan;72(Pt 1):41-7. Epub 2007 Aug 16. PubMed citation
• Kalyoncu M, Acar BC, Cakar N, Bakkaloglu A, Ozturk S, Dereli E, Tunca M, Kasapcopur O, Yalcinkaya F, Ozen S. Are carriers for MEFV mutations "healthy"? Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006 Sep-Oct;24(5 Suppl 42):S120-2. Erratum in: Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 May-Jun;25(3):507-8. PubMed citation
• Khachatryan ZA, Ktsoyan ZA, Manukyan GP, Kelly D, Ghazaryan KA, Aminov RI. Predominant role of host genetics in controlling the composition of gut microbiota. PLoS ONE. 2008 Aug 26;3(8):e3064. PubMed citation
• Kinikli G, Bektaş M, Misirlioğlu M, Ateş A, Turgay M, Tuncer S, Kinikli S, Tokgöz G. Relationship between HLA-DR, HLA-DQ alleles and MEFV gene mutations in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2005 Sep;16(3):143-6. PubMed citation
• Koc B, Oktenli C, Bulucu F, Karadurmus N, Sanisoglu SY, Gul D. The rate of pyrin mutations in critically ill patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis: a pilot study. J Rheumatol. 2007 Oct;34(10):2070-5. Epub 2007 Aug 1. PubMed citation
• Konstantopoulos K, Kanta A, Lilakos K, Papanikolaou G, Meletis I. Familial Mediterranean fever and E148Q pyrin gene mutation in Greece. Int J Hematol. 2005 Jan;81(1):26-8. PubMed citation
• Kozlowski P, Miller DT, Zee RY, Danik JS, Chasman DI, Lazarus R, Cook NR, Ridker PM, Kwiatkowski DJ. Lack of association between genetic variation in 9 innate immunity genes and baseline CRP levels. Ann Hum Genet. 2006 Sep;70(Pt 5):574-86. PubMed citation
• Kukuy OL, Kopolovic J, Blau A, Ben-David A, Lotan D, Shaked M, Shinar Y, Dinour D, Langevitz P, Livneh A. Mutations in the familial Mediterranean fever gene of patients with IgA nephropathy and other forms of glomerulonephritis. Clin Genet. 2008 Feb;73(2):146-51. Epub 2007 Dec 19. PubMed citation
• Kutlay S, Sengul S, Keven K, Erturk S, Erbay B. Two sisters with familial Mediterranean fever: lack of correlation between genotype and phenotype? J Nephrol. 2006 Jan-Feb;19(1):104-7. PubMed citation
• Mattit H, Joma M, Al-Cheikh S, El-Khateeb M, Medlej-Hashim M, Salem N, Delague V, Mégarbané A. Familial Mediterranean fever in the Syrian population: gene mutation frequencies, carrier rates and phenotype-genotype correlation. Eur J Med Genet. 2006 Nov-Dec;49(6):481-6. Epub 2006 Apr 3. PubMed citation
• Mattit H, Joma M, Al-Cheikh S, El-Khateeb M, Medlej-Hashim M, Salem N, Delague V, Mégarbané A. Familial Mediterranean fever in the Syrian population: gene mutation frequencies, carrier rates and phenotype-genotype correlation. Eur J Med Genet. 2006 Nov-Dec;49(6):481-6. Epub 2006 Apr 3. PubMed citation
• Medlej-Hashim M, Serre JL, Corbani S, Saab O, Jalkh N, Delague V, Chouery E, Salem N, Loiselet J, Lefranc G, Mégarbané A. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Lebanon and Jordan: a population genetics study and report of three novel mutations. Eur J Med Genet. 2005 Oct-Dec;48(4):412-20. Epub 2005 Jun 20. PubMed citation
• Mikula M, Buller A, Sun W, Strom CM. Prevalence of known mutations in the familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) in various carrier screening populations. Genet Med. 2008 May;10(5):349-52. PubMed citation
• Mikula M, Buller A, Sun W, Strom CM. Prevalence of known mutations in the familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) in various carrier screening populations. Genet Med. 2008 May;10(5):349-52. PubMed citation
• Nakamura A, Yazaki M, Tokuda T, Hattori T, Ikeda S. A Japanese patient with familial Mediterranean fever associated with compound heterozygosity for pyrin variant E148Q/M694I. Intern Med. 2005 Mar;44(3):261-5. PubMed citation
• Notarnicola C, Didelot MN, Koné-Paut I, Seguret F, Demaille J, Touitou I. Reduced MEFV messenger RNA expression in patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Arthritis Rheum. 2002 Oct;46(10):2785-93. PubMed citation
• Ozel Demiralp DF, Ekim M, Akar N. The Effect of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 -675 4G/5G Polymorphism on Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Disease. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2008 Nov 24; [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed citation
• Papadopoulos VP, Giaglis S, Mitroulis I, Ritis K. The population genetics of familial mediterranean fever: a meta-analysis study. Ann Hum Genet. 2008 Nov;72(Pt 6):752-61. Epub 2008 Aug 6. PubMed citation
• Pasa S, Altintas A, Devecioglu B, Cil T, Danis R, Isi H, Bayan K, Tuzun Y, Ecer S, Batun S, Ayyildiz O. Familial Mediterranean fever gene mutations in the Southeastern region of Turkey and their phenotypical features. Amyloid. 2008 Mar;15(1):49-53. PubMed citation
• Queiro R, Cañete J, Arostegui JI, Yague J. May some cases of intermittent hydrarthrosis represent an atypical form of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease? Usefulness of mutational analysis of the MEFV gene. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Feb;37(4):269-70. Epub 2007 Sep 24. No abstract available. PubMed citation
• Rabinovich E, Shinar Y, Leiba M, Ehrenfeld M, Langevitz P, Livneh A. Common FMF alleles may predispose to development of Behcet's disease with increased risk for venous thrombosis. Scand J Rheumatol. 2007 Jan-Feb;36(1):48-52. PubMed citation
• Richards N, Schaner P, Diaz A, Stuckey J, Shelden E, Wadhwa A, Gumucio DL. Interaction between pyrin and the apoptotic speck protein (ASC) modulates ASC-induced apoptosis. J Biol Chem. 2001 Oct 19;276(42):39320-9. Epub 2001 Aug 9. PubMed citation
• Rozenbaum M, Touitou I, Portnoy E, Morkos S, Rosner I. A molecular basis for the absence of familial Mediterranean fever in Ethiopian Jews. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006 Sep-Oct;24(5 Suppl 42):S127. No abstract available. Erratum in: Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 May-Jun;25(3):507-8. PubMed citation
• Sabbagh AS, Ghasham M, Abdel Khalek R, Greije L, Shammaa DM, Zaatari GS, Mahfouz RA. MEFV gene mutations spectrum among Lebanese patients referred for Familial Mediterranean Fever work-up: experience of a major tertiary care center. Mol Biol Rep. 2008 Sep;35(3):447-51. Epub 2007 Jun 14. PubMed citation
• Sahin FI, Yilmaz Z, Yurtcu E, Baskin E. Comparison of the results of PCR-RFLP and reverse hybridization methods used in molecular diagnosis of FMF. Genet Test. 2008 Mar;12(1):171-4. PubMed citation
• Sari S, Egritas O, Dalgic B. The familial Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene may be a modifier factor of inflammatory bowel disease in infancy. Eur J Pediatr. 2008 Apr;167(4):391-3. Epub 2007 May 23. PubMed citation
• Shinar Y, Kuchuk I, Menasherow S, Kolet M, Lidar M, Langevitz P, Livneh A. Unique spectrum of MEFV mutations in Iranian Jewish FMF patients--clinical and demographic significance. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2007 Nov;46(11):1718-22. Epub 2007 Oct 15. PubMed citation
• Shiohara M, Taniguchi S, Masumoto J, Yasui K, Koike K, Komiyama A, Sagara J. ASC, which is composed of a PYD and a CARD, is up-regulated by inflammation and apoptosis in human neutrophils. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 May 24;293(5):1314-8. PubMed citation
• Shoham NG, Centola M, Mansfield E, Hull KM, Wood G, Wise CA, Kastner DL. Pyrin binds the PSTPIP1/CD2BP1 protein, defining familial Mediterranean fever and PAPA syndrome as disorders in the same pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Nov 11;100(23):13501-6. Epub 2003 Oct 31. PubMed citation
• Solak M, Yildiz H, Koken R, Erdogan M, Eser B, Sen T, Evirgen N, Erdem S, Arikan E. Analysis of familial Mediterranean fever gene mutations in 202 patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Genet Test. 2008 Sep;12(3):341-4. PubMed citation
• Sugiura T, Kawaguchi Y, Fujikawa S, Hirano Y, Igarashi T, Kawamoto M, Takagi K, Hara M, Kamatani N. Familial Mediterranean fever in three Japanese patients, and a comparison of the frequency of MEFV gene mutations in Japanese and Mediterranean populations. Mod Rheumatol. 2008;18(1):57-9. Epub 2007 Dec 22. PubMed citation
• Timmann C, Mersinli O, Kuhne K, Sievertsen J, Griebel MA, Dieckerhoff J, Horstmann RD. Familial Mediterranean fever with amyloidosis associated with novel exon 2 mutation (S1791) of the MEFV gene. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2003 Nov-Dec;31(3):320-3. PubMed citation
• Tomiyama N, Higashiuesato Y, Oda T, Baba E, Harada M, Azuma M, Yamashita T, Uehara K, Miyazato A, Hatta K, Ohya Y, Iseki K, Jinno Y, Takishita S. MEFV mutation analysis of familial Mediterranean fever in Japan. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008 Jan-Feb;26(1):13-7. PubMed citation
• Touitou I, Sarkisian T, Medlej-Hashim M, Tunca M, Livneh A, Cattan D, Yalçinkaya F, Ozen S, Majeed H, Ozdogan H, Kastner D, Booth D, Ben-Chetrit E, Pugnère D, Michelon C, Séguret F, Gershoni-Baruch R; International Study Group for Phenotype-Genotype Correlation in Familial Mediterranean Fever. Country as the primary risk factor for renal amyloidosis in familial Mediterranean fever. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 May;56(5):1706-12. PubMed citation
• Tunca M, Akar S, Hawkins PN, Booth SE, Sengül B, Yavuzşen TU, Oktem S, Soytürk M, Akkoç N, Booth DR. The significance of paired MEFV mutations in individuals without symptoms of familial Mediterranean fever. Eur J Hum Genet. 2002 Dec;10(12):786-9. PubMed citation
• Turkcapar N, Tuncali T, Kutlay S, Burhan BY, Kinikli G, Erturk S, Duman M. The contribution of genotypes at the MICA gene triplet repeat polymorphisms and MEFV mutations to amyloidosis and course of the disease in the patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Rheumatol Int. 2007 Apr;27(6):545-51. Epub 2006 Nov 11. PubMed citation
• Ustek D, Ekmekci CG, Selçukbiricik F, Cakiris A, Oku B, Vural B, Yanar H, Taviloglu K, Ozbek U, Gül A. Association between reduced levels of MEFV messenger RNA in peripheral blood leukocytes and acute inflammation. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Jan;56(1):345-50. PubMed citation
• Yalçinkaya F, Ozçakar ZB, Kasapçopur O, Oztürk A, Akar N, Bakkaloğlu A, Arisoy N, Ekim M, Ozen S. Prevalence of the MEFV gene mutations in childhood polyarteritis nodosa. J Pediatr. 2007 Dec;151(6):675-8. Epub 2007 Aug 28. PubMed citation
• Yigit S, Bagci H, Ozkaya O, Ozdamar K, Cengiz K, Akpolat T. MEFV mutations in patients with familial Mediterranean fever in the Black Sea region of Turkey: Samsun experience [corrected] J Rheumatol. 2008 Jan;35(1):106-13. Epub 2007 Dec 1. Erratum in: J Rheumatol. 2008 Feb;35(2):367. PubMed citation
• Yu JW, Fernandes-Alnemri T, Datta P, Wu J, Juliana C, Solorzano L, McCormick M, Zhang Z, Alnemri ES. Pyrin activates the ASC pyroptosome in response to engagement by autoinflammatory PSTPIP1 mutants. Mol Cell. 2007 Oct 26;28(2):214-27. PubMed citation
• Yu JW, Wu J, Zhang Z, Datta P, Ibrahimi I, Taniguchi S, Sagara J, Fernandes-Alnemri T, Alnemri ES. Cryopyrin and pyrin activate caspase-1, but not NF-kappaB, via ASC oligomerization. Cell Death Differ. 2006 Feb;13(2):236-49. PubMed citation
• Zaks N, Shinar Y, Padeh S, Lidar M, Mor A, Tokov I, Pras M, Langevitz P, Pras E, Livneh A. Analysis of the three most common MEFV mutations in 412 patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Isr Med Assoc J. 2003 Aug;5(8):585-8. PubMed citation
• Zekri AR, el-Bassuoni MA, Hammad OM, Sakr MA, Ibrahim AA. Application of refractory fragment amplification system for detection of Egyptian variant of Familial Mediterranean Fever. Egypt J Immunol. 2004;11(1):103-10. PubMed citation