Familial Mediterranean fever, a genetic disorder with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance, occurs in patients originating from the eastern Mediterranean. Characteristic features are attacks of fever, peritonitis, pleuritis, synovitis and skin rash. The disease may be complicated by amyloidosis. Treatment with colchicine is generally successful.
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