Familial Mediterranean Fever

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gattorno, Marco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Rare Diseases of the Immune System, 3
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Immunology.; Internal medicine.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Human Genetics.

This book, written by very well known opinion leaders in the field, covers all aspects of familial Mediterranean fever, the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease. The opening chapters explain the genetic basis of the disease and provide insights into the pathogenesis derived from recent exp...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Genetics.- 2 Pathogenesis.- 3 Clinical Picture in Childhood
• 4 Clinical Picture in Adulthood and Unusual Clinical Features.- 5 FMF in Western Countries.- 6 Long Term Complications in FMF
• 7 Recent advances in quantitative assessment of FMF
• 8 How to Manage FMF Patients in Daily Practice
• 9 New Emerging Treatments.- Subject Index.