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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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An inherited, recurrent inflammatory disease of unknown cause. The disease is characterized by acute self-limited attacks of fever and peritonitis, sometimes accompanied by pleuritis, arthritis, and erythematous skin lesions. Among affected individuals in the Middle East and Europe,  2, record 1, English, - familial%20Mediterranean%20fever

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Familial Mediterranean fever has been given a number of other names: familial paroxysmal polyserositis, benign paroxysmal peritonitis, periodic peritonitis, and periodic disease. The first of these is descriptively accurate and an appropriate alternative name for the disease; the other terms, however, are misleading.  2, record 1, English, - familial%20Mediterranean%20fever

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Maladie héréditaire chronique à transmission autosomique récessive caractérisée par des crises paroxystiques associant de manière variable une fièvre élevée, des douleurs abdominales, articulaires et thoraciques.  3, record 1, French, - fi%C3%A8vre%20m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9enne%20familiale

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La maladie périodique fut dans sa forme abdominale isolée en 1945 par Siegal à New York sous le nom de "péritonite paroxystique bénigne". LA FMF touche avec prédilection certaines populations du bassin méditerranéen, en particulier, les populations arméniennes, turques, juives séfarades et arabes.  3, record 1, French, - fi%C3%A8vre%20m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9enne%20familiale

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish