Familial mediterranean fever and acute rheumatic fever: A pathogenetic relationship?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 446-449

  Tekin, M ^a,c   Yalcinkaya F ^a   Tumer N ^a   Cakar N ^b   Kocak H ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b I Neurosurgery Clinic   (Turkey)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Antistreptolysin O titre; Familial Mediterranean fever; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; TURKEY;

EID: 0343820039     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050136     Document Type: Article

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