Quality of life of patients with familial Mediterranean fever

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Buskila, D ^a,c   Zaks, N ^b   Neumann, L ^a   Livneh, A ^b   Greenberg, S ^a   Pras, M ^b   Langevitz, P ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF); Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYSIPELAS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLCHICINE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030863693     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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