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MeSH Heading: Familial Mediterranean Fever
Tree Number(s): C16.320.382.625
Unique ID: D010505
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010505
Annotation: a specific disease entity: do not use entry term PERIODIC DISEASE for periodically occurring disease (= PERIODICITY (IM) + disease (IM))
Scope Note: A group of HEREDITARY AUTOINFLAMMATION DISEASES, characterized by recurrent fever, abdominal pain, headache, rash, PLEURISY; and ARTHRITIS. ORCHITIS; benign MENINGITIS; and AMYLOIDOSIS may also occur. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in marenostrin gene encoding PYRIN result in autosomal recessive transmission; simple heterozygous, autosomal dominant form of the disease also exists with mutations in the same gene.
Entry Term(s): Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitis; Familial Mediterranean Fever, Autosomal Dominant; Familial Mediterranean Fever, Autosomal Recessive; Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis; Mediterranean Fever, Familial; Periodic Disease; Periodic Disease, Wolff's; Periodic Peritonitis; Polyserositis, Familial Paroxysmal; Polyserositis, Recurrent; Recurrent Polyserositis; Wolff Periodic Disease; Wolff's Periodic Disease
NLM Classification #: QZ 50
Public MeSH Note: 2000; see PERIODIC DISEASE 1966-1999; for FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER see PERIODIC DISEASE 1966-1999
History Note: 2000 (1966)
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2023/10/12

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
  - Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases [C16.320.382]

Familial Mediterranean Fever Preferred

Concept UI: M0016320
Scope Note: A group of HEREDITARY AUTOINFLAMMATION DISEASES, characterized by recurrent fever, abdominal pain, headache, rash, PLEURISY; and ARTHRITIS. ORCHITIS; benign MENINGITIS; and AMYLOIDOSIS may also occur. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in marenostrin gene encoding PYRIN result in autosomal recessive transmission; simple heterozygous, autosomal dominant form of the disease also exists with mutations in the same gene.
Terms: Familial Mediterranean Fever Preferred Term
Term UI T031032
Date01/01/1975
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID; Periodic Peritonitis
Term UI T764246
Date01/15/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Polyserositis, Familial Paroxysmal
Term UI T811818
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013); Polyserositis, Recurrent
Term UI T811817
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013); Recurrent Polyserositis
Term UI T764247
Date01/15/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Wolff Periodic Disease
Term UI T368087
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Wolff's Periodic Disease
Term UI T368089
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Benign Paroxysmal Peritonitis
Term UI T764245
Date01/15/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis
Term UI T764244
Date01/15/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Mediterranean Fever, Familial
Term UI T031033
Date01/01/1975
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID; Periodic Disease
Term UI T031031
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Periodic Disease, Wolff's
Term UI T368088
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Familial Mediterranean Fever, Autosomal Dominant Related

Familial Mediterranean Fever, Autosomal Recessive Narrower

Familial Mediterranean Fever MeSH Descriptor Data 2025