Familial Mediterranean fever in children: Report of a large series and discussion of the risk and prognostic factors of amyloidosis

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 619-623

  Saatci U ^a   Ozen, S ^a   Ozdemir S ^a   Bakkaloglu, A ^a   Besbas, N ^a   Topaloglu, R ^a   Arslan, S ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Childhood; Familial Mediterranean fever; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE;

ADOLESCENT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLCHICINE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030843586     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050677     Document Type: Review

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