Talk:Familial Mediterranean fever

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With regard to ethnic indicators, the cited article is not the best one, and the current description is misleading. Recent research suggests that Ashkenazi Jews are, in fact, carriers of FMF at the rate of approximately 20 percent. See "Mutation and Haplotype Studies of Familial Mediterranean Fever Reveal New Ancestral Relationships and Evidence for a High Carrier Frequency with Reduced Penetrance in the Ashkenazi Jewish Population", Am. J. Hum. Genet. 64:949–962, 1999, <http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v64n4/980834/980834.web.pdf>.

[edit] Anakinra

Ann Intern Med this week - Anakinra helps if colchicine fails or is poorly tolerated. JFW | T@lk 22:37, 4 June 2007 (UTC)