Colchicine responsive periodic fever syndrome associated with pyrin I591T

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1384-1385

  Fisher, B A C ^a,c   Lachmann, H J ^b   Rowczenio, D ^b   Goodman, H J B ^b   Bhalara, S ^a   Hawkins, P N ^b  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PREDNISOLONE; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEFV GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 23944444018     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.030379     Document Type: Article

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