Evaluation of disease severity in familial Mediterranean fever

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-64

  Mor, Adam ^a,b   Shinar, Yael ^a,b   Zaks, Nurit ^a,b   Langevitz, Pnina ^a,b   Chetrit, Angela ^a,b   Shtrasburg, Shmuel ^a,c   Rabinovitz, Einat ^a,b   Livneh, Avi ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Criteria; Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF); Mutation analysis; Severity score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 23444451748     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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