Articles sélectionnés en français et en anglais

La découverte du gène responsable pour la FMF:

  • Ancient Missense Mutations in a New Member of the RoRet Gene Family Are Likely to Cause Familial Mediterranean Fever. 1997 Aug Cell 90(4): 797-807. The International FMF Consortium. (Full text)

  • “NIH Leads International Group that Identifies Gene for Familial Mediterranean Fever - Mutations Date Back to Biblical Times”. August 1997. Author: Ben-Ari, E. (Full text)

  • A Candidate Gene for Familial Mediterranean Fever. Nature Genetics (1997)17, 25 – 31. The French FMF Consortium (Abstract only)

  • Maladie périodique : clonage du gène. Hépato-Gastro 5(1) :11-3, Janvier - Février 1998, Cattan D, Delpech M. (Résumé)

Le gène MEFV (MEditerranean FeVer):

  • Familial Mediterranean Fever gene and protection against asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2007; 99(6) : 517-21. Rabinovitch E, Harats, D, Yaron P, Luvish T, Lidar M, Kedem R, Shaish A, Ben-Dov I, Livneh A.(Abstract only)
  • MEFV Mutation Carriers and Diseases Other than Familial Mediterranean Fever: Proved and Non-Proved Associations: Putative Biological Advantage Current Drug Targets – Inflammation & Allergy 2005; 4: 105-112. Cattan D.  (Full text)
  • Clinical and subclinical inflammation in patients with familial Mediterranean fever and in heterozygous carriers of MEFV mutations. Rheumatology 2006 45(6):746-750; Lachmann HJ, Sengul B, Yavuzsen U, Booth DR, Booth SE, Bybee A, Gallimore JR, Soyturk M, Akar S, Tunca M, Hawkins PN. (Full Text)
  • Identification of MEFV-Independent Modifying Genetic Factors for Familial Mediterranean Fever. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 November; 67(5): 1136–1143. Cazeneuve C, Ajrapetyan H, Papin S, Roudot-Thoraval F, Geneviève D, Mndjoyan E, Papazian M, Sarkisian A, Babloyan A, Boissier B, Duquesnoy P, Kouyoumdjian J-C, Girodon-Boulandet E, Grateau G, Sarkisian T, Amselem S. (Abstract only)
  • Association between reduced levels of MEFV messenger RNA in peripheral blood leukocytes and acute inflammation. Ustek D, Ekmekci CG, Selcukbiricik F, Cakiris A, Oku B, Vural B, Yanar H, Taviloglu K, Ozbek U, Gul A. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2007 Jan; 56(1):345-50. (Abstract only)

Le diagnostique de la FMF:

  • Protracted febrile myalgia in children and young adults with Familial Mediterranean Fever: analysis of 15 patients and suggested criteria for working diagnosis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 July - Aug; 25(4 Suppl 45):S114-7. Kaplan E, Mukamel M, Barash J, Brik R, Padeh S, Berkun Y, Uziel Y, Tauber T, Amir J, Harel L.(Abstract only)
  • Fièvre méditerranéenne familiale. Revue médicale de Liège. 2004; 59 (5): 320-325. Leclercq P, Hermesse A, Malaise M.G.(Texte)

  • La maladie périodique ou fièvre méditerranéenne familiale (FMF). Immuno analyse & biologie spécialisée. 2001; 16 (1): 7-14. Lamoril J, Bogard C, Pouchat J.(Résumé)

  • Myalgies au cours de la fièvre méditerranéenne familiale. Revue neurologique. Janvier 2007; 163 (1) :93-95. B’chir Hamzaoui S, Bouslama K, Abdallah M, M’rad R, M’rad S, Ben Dridi M.(Résumé)

  • Maladie Périodique (ou fièvre méditerranéenne familiale, FMF). Texte par Isabelle Touitou, sur pour 25e Journée Nationales de Formation Continue en HGE (mars 2007) ; Association Nationale Française de Formation Médicale Continue en Hepati-Gastro-Entérologie. (Texte)

  • Maladie périodique, symptomatologie clinique et biologique. Médecine interne. Juillet 2005; 34 (13): 938-946. Vinceneux P, Pouchot J. ((Résumé)

  • La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale (FMF) : du diagnostic au traitement. Santé. 2004; 14(4): 261-266. Medlej-Hashim M, Loiselet J, Lefranc G, Megarbane A.(Résumé)

  • Clinical and diagnostic value of genetic testing in 216 Israeli children with Familial Mediterranean fever. J Rheumatol. 2003 Jan; 30(1):185-90. Padeh S, Shinar Y, Pras E, Zemer D, Langevitz P, Pras M, Livneh A. (Abstract only)
  • Diagnosis delay in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF): social and gender gaps disclosed. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005 May-Jun; 23(3):357-63. Lidar M, Tokov I, Chetrit A, Zaks N, Langevitz P, Livneh A. (Abstract only)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les enfants:

  • The clinical patterns of myalgia in children with familial Mediterranean fever. Q J Med 1999; 92: 309-318. Majeed HA, Al-Qudah, AK, Qubain H, Shahin HM. (Full text)
  • Possible effect of subclinical inflammation on daily life in familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Mar;25 (2):149-52. Epub 2005 Sep 20. Ozcakar ZB, Yalcinkaya F, Yuksel S, Acar B, Gokmen D, Ekim M. (Abstract only)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les populations juives (séphardes, iraqiennes et ashkénazes):

  • Higher than expected carrier rates for familial Mediterranean fever in various Jewish ethnic groups. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2000 Apr; 8(4):307-10. Stoffman N, Magal N, Shohat T, Lotan R, Koman S, Oron A, Danon Y, Halpern GJ, Lifshitz Y, Shohat M. (Short report)

  • Analysis of the three most common MEFV mutations in 412 patients with familial Mediterranean fever. The Israel Medical Association Journal. 2003 Aug; 5(8):585-8. Zaks N, Shinar Y, Padeh S, Lidar M, Mor A, Tokov I, Pras M, Langevitz P, Pras E, Livneh A. (Abstract only)
  • Common MEFV mutations among Jewish ethnic groups in Israel: high frequency of carrier and phenotype III states and absence of a perceptible biological advantage for the carrier state. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2001 Aug;102(3): 272 -6. Kogan A, Shinar Y, Lidar M, Revivo A , Langevitz P, Padeh S, Pras M, Livneh A. (Abstract only)
  • Study of the mutation M694V of familial Mediterranean fever in Jews. Genetic Testing 2001 Spring 5(1): 53-6. Lucotte G. (Abstract only)
  • FMF – A hereditary disease widespread among Iraqi and North African Jews.Nehardea Magazine – Journal of the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center. 2003 Autumn (14). Author: Professor Mordechai Pras. (Full text)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les Turcs:

  • A very frequent mutation and remarkable association of R761H and with M694V mutations in Turkish Familial Mediterranean Fever patients. Clin Rheumatol. 2007 Nov; 14 -Epub. Demirkaya E, Tunca Y, Gok F, Ozen S, Gul D. (Abstract only)
  • Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Turkey: results of a nationwide multicenter study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2005; 84(1): 1-11. Tunca M, AkarS, Onen F, Ozdogan H, Kasapcopur O, Yalcinkaya F, Tutar E, Ozen S, Topaloglu R, Yilmaz E, Arici M, Bakkaloglu A, Besbas N, Akpolat T, Dinc A, Erken E. (Abstract only)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les Arméniens:

  • Molecular study of FMF patients in Armenia. Current Drug Targets - Inflammation and Allergy. 2005 Feb; 4(1):113-6. Sarkisian T, Ajrapetyan H, Shahsuvaryan G. (Full text)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les populations arabes du Liban, de Jordanie, de Syrie, d'Israël, and des territoires palestiniens & d'Algérie, du Maroc, et de Tunisie:

  • Familial Mediterranean fever in Arabs. The Lancet. (March 2006) El-Shanti H, Majeed A, El-Khateeb M. (Abstract only)
  • Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Lebanon and Jordan: a population genetics study and report of three novel mutations. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 2005 Oct-Dec;48(4):412-20 Medlej-Hashim M, Serre JL, Corbani S, Saab O, Jalkh N, Delague V, Chouery E, Salem N, Loiselet J, Lefranc G, Megarbane A. (Abstract only)
  • Familial Mediterranean fever in the Syrian population: gene mutation frequencies, carrier rates and phenotype-genotype correlation. European Journal of Medical Genetics (2006) Nov-Dec; (49) 6: 481-6. Mattit H, Joma M, Al-Cheikh S, El-Khateeb M, Medlej-Hashim M, Salem N, Delague V, Megarbane A. (Abstract only)
  • Familial Mediterranean fever: high gene frequency and heterogeneous disease among an Israeli-Arab population. The Journal of rheumatology. 2000 Jun; 27(6):1492-5. Shinawi M, Brik R, Berant M, Kasinetz L, Gershoni-Baruch R. (Abstract only)
  • Prevalence and distribution of MEFV mutations among Arabs from the Maghreb patients suffering from familial Mediterranean fever. Comptes rendu biologies. 2006 Feb; 329(2):71-4. Belmahi L, Sefiani A, Fouveau, Feingold J, Delpech M, Grateau G, Dode C. (Abstract only)
  • MEFV Mutations in Tunisian Patients Suffering from Familial Mediterranean Fever. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism. 2007 Feb 2; Epub ahead of print. Chaabouni HB, Ksantini M, M'rad R, Kharrat M, Chaabouni M, Maazoul F, Bahloul Z, Ben Jemaa L, Moussa FB, Chaabane TB, Mrad S, Touitou I, Smaoui N. (Abstract only)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les Italiens:

  • Familial Mediterranean fever is no longer a rare disease in Italy. European Journal of Human Genetics, 2003 Jan 11(1): 50-56. La Regina M, Nucera G, Diaco M, Procopio A, Gasbarrini G, Notarnicola C, Kone-Paut I, Touitou I, Manna R. (Full text)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les Grecs:

  • Familial Mediterranean fever associated pyrin mutations in Greece. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2003;62: 479-481. Konstantopoulos K, Kanta A, Deltas C, Atamian V, Mavrogianni D, Tzioufas A G, Kollainis I, Ritis K, Moutsopoulos H M. (Concise report)
  • MEFV alterations and population genetics analysis in a large cohort of Greek patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Clinical Genetics 2007;71(5):458-67. Giaglis S, Papadopoulos V, Kambas K, Doumas M, Tsironidou V, Rafail S, Kartalis G, Speletas M, Ritis K. (Abstract)
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever in Crete: a genetic and structural biological approach in a population of 'intermediate risk'. Clinical Genetics 2008;73(2):152-9. Fragouli E, Eliopoulos E, Petraki E, Sidiropoulos P, Aksentijevich I, Galanakis E, Kritikos H, Repa A, Fragiadakis G, Boumpas D, Goulielmos GN. (Abstract)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les Chypres:

  • Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) mutations occur frequently in the Greek-Cypriot population of Cyprus. Genetic Testing 2002 Spring; 6(1):15-21. Deltas CC, Mean R, Rossou E, Costi C, Koupepidou P, Hadjiyanni I, Hadjiroussos V, Petrou P, Pierides A, Lamnisou K, Koptides M. (Abstract only)

La fièvre méditerranéenne familiale chez les Espagnols:

  • The west side story: MEFV haplotype in Spanish FMF patients and controls, and evidence of high LD and a recombination "hot-spot" at the MEFV locus. Human Mutation. 2004 Apr; 23(4):399. Aldea A, Calafell F, Arostegui JI, Lao O, Rius J, Plaza S, Maso M, Vives J, Buades J, Yague J. (Abstract only)

L'amylose:

  • De la maladie périodique à l’amylose. Presse Med. Juillet 2005; 34 (13): 958-966. Vinceneux P, Pouchot J. (Résumé)

  • Urinary Glycosaminoglycan Levels as a Marker of Renal Amyloidosis in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 2006 Nov-Dec;49 (6):481-6. Epub 2006 Apr 3. Nadir H, Unver S, Ozel AM, Yazgan Y, Gultepe M, Evrenkaya TR, Demirturk L, Gurbuz AK. (Abstract only)
  • Genetic risk factors of amyloidogenesis in familial Mediterranean fever. Am J Nephrol. 2005 Sep-Oct; 25(5) :434-40. Epub 2005 Aug 23 Delibas A , Oner A , Balci B , Demircin G , Bulbul M , Bek K, Erdogan O , Baysun S , Yilmaz E . (Abstract only)

La douleur abdominale, les adhésions péritonéales, et les obstructions intestinales et la FMF:

  • Familial Mediterranean Fever- a not so unusual cause of abdominal pain. Best Practice & Research Gastroentorology. 19(2): 199-213 (2005). Simon A, van der Meer JWM, Drenth JPH. (Full Text-PDF)
  • Peritoneal Adhesions and Intestinal Obstructions in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever-Are They More Frequent? Semin Arthritis Rheum 19 Jan 2007. Berkun Y, Ben-Chetrit E, Klar A, Ben-Chetrit E. (Abtract only)

Le système reproductif et la FMF:

  • Reproductive system in familial Mediterranean fever: an overview
    Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2003; 62: 916-919 - Ben-Chetrit E, Levy M. (Full text-PDF)

La colchicine:

  • Actualité de la colchicine. du Rhumatisme. 2006; 73 (12): 1338-1345. Niel E, Scherrmann J-M. (Résumé)
  • Le colchique : Deux millénaires d’actualité. Histoires des sciences médicales. 2005; 39 (2): 143 -154. Fabre, A. (Résumé)
  • Pharmacological and clinical basis of treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) with colchicine or analogues: an update - Curr Drug Targets Inflamm Allergy. 2005 Feb; 4 (1):117-24. Cerquaglia C, Diaco M, Nucera G, La Regina M, Montalto M, Manna R. (Full Text-PDF)

  • Colchicine Use in Children and Adolescents with Familial Mediterranean Fever: Literature Review and Consensus Statement.Pediatrics. 2007 Jan 22; Kallinich T, Haffner D, Niehues T, Huss K, Lainka E, Neudorf U, Schaefer C, Stojanov S, Timmann C, Keitzer R, Ozdogan H, Ozen S. (Full Text-PDF)

  • Colchicine-induced lactose malabsorption in patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences. 1995 Oct 31 (10): 616-620. Fradkin A, Yahav J, Zemer D, Jonas A. (Abstract only)

  • Lactose Intolerance Diet. Patient Education for University of Utah Health Sciences Center (PDF)

 
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