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![[-- familial Mediterranean fever --]](Images/Terms/FMF.gif)
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| defined: |
An inherited disease whose chief symptoms are recurrent fevers and severe abdominal pain due to inflammation of the abdominal cavity. Other symptoms include arthritis, chest pain from inflammation of the lung cavity, and skin rashes.
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| explained: |
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Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, defines familial Mediterranean fever. |
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chromosome, gene, hybridization, mapping | |
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