Familial Mediterranean fever and its implications for fertility and pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-176

  Mijatovic, Velja ^a   Hompes, Peter G A ^a   Wouters, Maurice G A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Familial Mediterranean fever; Fertility; Miscarriage; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PROTEIN; PYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GYNECOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 0038392729     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00417-7     Document Type: Article

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