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==Overview==
==Overview==
A New York allergist, Dr. Sheppard Siegal, first described the attacks of [[peritonitis]] in 1945; he termed this "benign paroxysmal peritonitis", as the disease course was essentially benign.<ref>Siegal S. Benign paroxysmal peritonitis. ''Ann Intern Med'' 1945;23:1-21.</ref> Dr. Hobart Reimann, working in the American University in Beirut, described a more complete picture which he termed "periodic disease".<ref>Reiman HA. Periodic disease. Probable syndrome including periodic fever, benign paroxysmal peritonitis, cyclic neutropenia and intermittent arthralgia. ''[[Journal of the American Medical Association|JAMA]]'' 1948;136:239-44.</ref>
 
==Historical Perspective==
===Discovery===
*Familial mediteranean fever was first discribed in a Jewish schoolgirl by Janeway and Mosenthal in 1908.<ref name="Janeway1908">{{cite journal|last1=Janeway|first1=Theodore C.|title=AN UNUSUAL PAROXYSMAL SYNDROME, PROBABLY ALLIED TO RECURRENT VOMITING,|journal=Archives of Internal Medicine|volume=II|issue=3|year=1908|pages=214|issn=0730-188X|doi=10.1001/archinte.1908.00050080016002}}</ref>
*In 1955, Dr. Heller called this disorder familial mediteranean fever, which refers to its high prevalence in this region and the key presenting feature of periodic fever.<ref name="pmid13906231">{{cite journal |vauthors=HELLER H, SOHAR E, PRAS M |title=Ethnic distribution and amyloidosis in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) |journal=Pathol Microbiol (Basel) |volume=24 |issue= |pages=718–23 |date=1961 |pmid=13906231 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*In 1997, MEFV mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of familial Mediterranean fever.<ref name="pmid9288758">{{cite journal |vauthors= |title=Ancient missense mutations in a new member of the RoRet gene family are likely to cause familial Mediterranean fever. The International FMF Consortium |journal=Cell |volume=90 |issue=4 |pages=797–807 |date=August 1997 |pmid=9288758 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies===
 


==References==
==References==
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Overview

Historical Perspective

Discovery

  • Familial mediteranean fever was first discribed in a Jewish schoolgirl by Janeway and Mosenthal in 1908.[1]
  • In 1955, Dr. Heller called this disorder familial mediteranean fever, which refers to its high prevalence in this region and the key presenting feature of periodic fever.[2]
  • In 1997, MEFV mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of familial Mediterranean fever.[3]

Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies

References

  1. Janeway, Theodore C. (1908). "AN UNUSUAL PAROXYSMAL SYNDROME, PROBABLY ALLIED TO RECURRENT VOMITING,". Archives of Internal Medicine. II (3): 214. doi:10.1001/archinte.1908.00050080016002. ISSN 0730-188X.
  2. HELLER H, SOHAR E, PRAS M (1961). "Ethnic distribution and amyloidosis in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)". Pathol Microbiol (Basel). 24: 718–23. PMID 13906231.
  3. "Ancient missense mutations in a new member of the RoRet gene family are likely to cause familial Mediterranean fever. The International FMF Consortium". Cell. 90 (4): 797–807. August 1997. PMID 9288758.