Hereditary fevers

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-78

  Grateau, Gilles ^a   Drenth, Joost P H ^a   Delpech, Marc ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; INTERFERON; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEVER; GENE LOCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032932082     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199901000-00013     Document Type: Short Survey

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