Familial Mediterranean fever and peritoneal malignant mesothelioma: A possible association?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 509-511

  Hershcovici, Tiberiu ^a   Chajek Shaul, Tova ^a   Hasin, Tal ^a   Aamar, Suhail ^a   Hiller, Nurith ^a   Prus, Diana ^a   Peleg, Hagit ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Colchicines; Familial Mediterranean fever; Malignant mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION;

ADULT; COLCHICINE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746468489     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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