Nephrotic syndrome as a first manifestation of Familial Mediterranean Fever

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Gingold Belfer, Rachel ^a   Bergman, Michael ^a   Ori, Yaacov ^a   Salman, Hertzel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Familial Mediterranean Fever; Nephrotic syndrome; Phenotype; Renal manifestation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

EID: 33947223635     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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