| Term Name: | familial Mediterranean fever |
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| Synonyms: | benign paroxysmal peritonitis, FMF |
| Definition: | An autoinflammatory 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. |
| Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:2987] ( DOID:2987 ) |