The acute scrotum in Arab children with familial Mediterranean fever

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 72-74

  Majeed, H A ^a,b   Shahin, H M ^a   Ghandour, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Familial Mediterranean fever; Ischemic testicular necrosis; Scrotal swelling; Serositis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCROTUM DISORDER; TESTIS; TUNICA VAGINALIS;

EID: 0343776129     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050019     Document Type: Article

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