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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2020

Familial Mediterranean Fever Is Important in the Differential Diagnosis of Recurrent Aseptic Meningitis in Japan.

Takahiro Hosoi, Kazuhiro Ishii, Naoki Tozaka, Dai Kishida, Yoshiki Sekijima, Akira Tamaoka

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takahiro HosoiDepartment of General Medicine, Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Kazuhiro IshiiDepartment of Neurology, Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Naoki TozakaDepartment of Neurology, Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Dai KishidaDepartment of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Yoshiki SekijimaDepartment of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Akira TamaokaDepartment of Neurology, Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
University of Tsukuba · JPShinshu University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by a recurrent fever and multiple serositis. In the present report, we discuss the case of a 42-year-old man diagnosed with FMF accompanied by recurrent aseptic meningitis (RAM). The patient experienced RAM at intervals of several years without any serositis or synovitis. We detected Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene mutations (E148Q homozygotes) and diagnosed FMF in perfect accordance with clinical diagnostic criteria. FMF, in which RAM is a major symptom, has also been described in previous reports. Therefore, FMF should be considered in the differential diagnosis of causative diseases for RAM.

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AdultColchicineDiagnosis, DifferentialFamilial Mediterranean FeverHomozygoteHumansJapanMaleMeningitis, AsepticMutationPyrinRecurrenceTubulin ModulatorsColchicineMEFV protein, humanPyrinTubulin ModulatorscolchicineFamilial Mediterranean feverMEFV generecurrent aseptic meningitis

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PMID31511485
PMCPMC6995700
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