Vasculitis in siblings with familial Mediterranean fever: A report of three cases and review of the literature

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1183-1185

  Balbir Gurman, Alexandra ^a   Nahir, Abraham Menahem ^a   Braun Moscovici, Yolanda ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean Fever; Henoch Schonlein purpura; M694V mutation; Protracted febrile myalgia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLCHICINE; METHIONINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAPROXEN; PREDNISONE; VALINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE SURGERY; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; JEW; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MYALGIA; PLEURISY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTRACTED FEBRILE MYALGIA; RASH; SIBLING; SKIN BIOPSY; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; SIBLINGS;

EID: 34249894731     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0323-1     Document Type: Article

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