familial mediterranean fever

Summary

DOID:2987 - familial mediterranean fever

Disease Ontology Definition:An autoimmune 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.

Synonyms: FMF, benign paroxysmal peritonitis,

Xenbase Genes Genes associated with this Disease Ontology entry or its descendents or its corresponding OMIM entries

Genes associated with this Disease Ontology entry or its descendents or its corresponding OMIM entries

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Mondo Disease Ontology (on Monarch Initiative):

MONDO:0018088 - familial Mediterranean fever

MONDO:0018088 - familial Mediterranean fever

Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee

Parent(s): autoimmune disease (is_a), autosomal genetic disease (is_a)