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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2]

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There are no established risk factors for familial Mediterranean fever. However, there are some factors which have been observed to trigger the attacks.

There are no established risk factors for familial Mediterranean fever. However, there are some factors which have been observed to trigger the attacks, including:^[1]^[2]

↑ Yenokyan G, Armenian HK (May 2012). "Triggers for attacks in familial Mediterranean fever: application of the case-crossover design". Am. J. Epidemiol. 175 (10): 1054–61. doi:10.1093/aje/kwr460. PMID 22234484.
↑ Karadag O, Tufan A, Yazisiz V, Ureten K, Yilmaz S, Cinar M, Akdogan A, Erdem H, Ozturk MA, Pay S, Dinc A (April 2013). "The factors considered as trigger for the attacks in patients with familial Mediterranean fever". Rheumatol. Int. 33 (4): 893–7. doi:10.1007/s00296-012-2453-x. PMID 22814791.
↑ Hara K, Endo Y, Ishida M, Fujita Y, Tsuji S, Takatani A, Shimizu T, Sumiyoshi R, Igawa T, Umeda M, Fukui S, Nishino A, Kawashiri SY, Iwamoto N, Ichinose K, Tamai M, Nakamura H, Origuchi T, Migita K, Kawakami A, Koga T (September 2018). "Subclinical inflammation in a case of menstruation-induced familial Mediterranean fever: A case report". Medicine (Baltimore). 97 (38): e12305. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000012305. PMC 6160243. PMID 30235678.