Clinical spectrum of familial Hibernian fever: A 14-year follow-up study of the index case and extended family

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 806-817

  Mcüermott, Elizabeth M ^b   Smillie, David M ^a   Powell, Richard J ^b  

^a Clinical Immunology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; ORBIT DISEASE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0030826517     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/72.9.806     Document Type: Article

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