Familial Mediterranean Fever

About Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder. 149 FMF is an autoinflammatory disease caused by mutations in Mediterranean fever gene, which encodes a 781 amino acid protein called pyrin. While all ethnic groups are susceptible to FMF, it “usually occurs in people of Mediterranean origin including Sephardic Jews, […]