Amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever: Clinical and laboratory findings in 51 patients

Pain Clinic

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-337

  Cetinkaya, Ramazan ^a,b   Odabas, Ali Riza ^a   Selcuk, Yilmaz ^a   Albayrak, Fatih ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Clinical and laboratory findings; Familial Mediterranean fever

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; COLCHICINE; CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PROTEINURIA; SCROTUM DISORDER; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0141680398     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856903767650880     Document Type: Article

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