Familial Mediterranean fever and Behçet's disease - Are they associated?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 530-534

  Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^a   Cohen, Ronit ^a   Chajek Shaul, Tova ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Familial mediterranean fever; MEFV gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS;

EID: 0036195579     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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