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Familial Mediterranean fever abdominal pain during spinal anaesthesia
Ankara, Turkey
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Editor—Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary syndrome characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and serositis. Onset of an episode of FMF is sudden and acute, with rapid development of symptoms within 1–2 h.1 Although it is not clear how attacks are