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Periodic Disease: A probable syndrome including periodic fever, benign paroxysmal peritonitis, cyclic neutropenia and intermittent arthralgia.
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J. Amer. Med. Assoc., 136, 239-244.
One of the earliest accounts of periodic disease and fevers, later variously categorized as Periodic fever syndrome and Reimann syndrome. With Siegal-Cattan-Mamou disease, this was renamed Familial Mediterranean fever.
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| Entry Number | #13511 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15786 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
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