Familial Mediterranean fever in children: The expanded clinical profile

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 309-318

  Majeed, H A ^a   Rawashdeh, M ^a   El Shanti, H ^a   Qubain, H ^a   Khuri Bulos, N ^a   Shahin, H M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARAB; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0032990556     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/92.6.309     Document Type: Article

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