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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2]

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Familial Mediterranean fever is most often caused by a mutation in the MEFV gene. This gene creates proteins involved in inflammation. There are also reports of FMF cases in the absence causative gene in the genetic screening.

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  1. "A candidate gene for familial Mediterranean fever". Nat. Genet. 17 (1): 25–31. September 1997. doi:10.1038/ng0997-25. PMID 9288094.
  2. Cekin, Nilgun; Akyurek, Murat Eser; Pinarbasi, Ergun; Ozen, Filiz (2017). "MEFV mutations and their relation to major clinical symptoms of Familial Mediterranean Fever". Gene. 626: 9–13. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2017.05.013. ISSN 0378-1119.