Prevalence of the MEFV Gene Mutations in Childhood Polyarteritis Nodosa

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 675-678

  Yalçinkaya, Fatoş ^a   Özçakar, Z Birsin ^a   Kasapçopur, Özgür ^b   Öztürk, Ayşenur ^a   Akar, Nejat ^a   Bakkaloǧlu, Ayşin ^c   Arisoy, Nil ^b   Ekim, Mesiha ^a   Özen, Seza ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FEVER GENE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLCHICINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

EID: 36148992959     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.062     Document Type: Article

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