Arthritis as the sole episodic manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 859-862

  Lidar, Merav ^a   Kedem, Ron ^a   Mor, Adam ^a   Levartovsky, David ^a   Langevitz, Pnina ^a   Livneh, Avi ^a  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Colchicine; Diagnostic criteria; Familial Mediterranean fever; Mutation

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOUT; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REITER SYNDROME; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CHILD; COLCHICINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MALE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 18744399305     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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