A hypersensitivity reaction type II disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and acute inflammation of the membranes lining the abdomen, joints and lungs; caused by mutations in the MEFV gene, which encodes the protein pyrin. (Human Disease Ontology, DOID_2987)
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11 genes associated with the disease familial mediterranean fever in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the GAD Gene-Disease Associations dataset.