familial Mediterranean fever (DOID:2987)
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Synonyms: benign paroxysmal peritonitis
Alt IDs: OMIM:134610, OMIM:249100, ICD10CM:M04.1, ICD9CM:277.31, MESH:D010505, NCI:C84707, ORDO:342, UMLS_CUI:C0031069
Definition: An autoimmune disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and acute inflammation of the membranes lining the abdomen, joints and lungs; that has_material_basis_in mutations in the MEFV gene, which encodes the protein pyrin.