Protracted febrile myalgia of familial Mediterranean fever: Mutation analysis and clinical correlations

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 174-176

  Sidi, G ^a   Shinar, Y ^a   Livneh, A ^a   Langevitz, P ^a   Pras, M ^a   Pras, E ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV; Protracted febrile myalgia; Pyrin

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ERYSIPELAS; ERYTHEMA; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MYALGIA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034538090     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097400750002058     Document Type: Article

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