Abstract

Other than familial mediterranean fever: Four hereditary diseases presenting in the form of intermittent inflammatory flares are now recognized and have been characterised clinically and genetically. At the head of this group is Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), which affects thousands of patients originating from the Mediterranean area. However the familial Mediterranean Fever is no longer the only recurrent hereditary inflammatory disease. Three other entities have now been clearly defined: intermittent fever secondary to mutations in the type 1A Tumour Necrosis Factor receptor (TNF), of dominant autosomic genetic transmission, the hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome and an entity regrouping the Muckle Wells syndrome, familial cold-induced urticaria, and the Chronic Infantile Neurological Cutaneous and Articular (CINCA) syndrome. Because they require specific management and treatment, precise diagnosis of these entities is crucial.

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