Unusual presentation of familial Mediterranean fever: Role of genetic diagnosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 836-838

  Nir Paz, Ran ^a   Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^a   Pikarsky, Eli ^a   Hassin, David ^b   Hasin, Yonathan ^b   Chajek Shaul, Tova ^b  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0000078698     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.10.836     Document Type: Article

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