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  • Title: Protracted febrile myalgia in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.
    Author: Langevitz P, Zemer D, Livneh A, Shemer J, Pras M.
    Journal: J Rheumatol; 1994 Sep; 21(9):1708-9. PubMed ID: 7799354.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: We describe a newly defined syndrome of protracted febrile myalgia in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). METHODS: Fourteen patients with FMF were admitted with an attack of severe disabling myalgia accompanied by fever, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and hyperglobulinemia, lasting up to 6 weeks. RESULTS: Unlike in the classical manifestations of FMF response to corticosteroids therapy was prompt. CONCLUSION: Protracted febrile myalgia is an uncommon dramatic manifestation of FMF that may occur despite colchicine therapy and requires treatment with corticosteroids.
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