Once-daily use of colchicine in children with familial Mediterranean fever

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 605-608

  Koşan, Celalettin ^a,b   Özkan, Behzat ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLCHICINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 4544286826     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300703     Document Type: Article

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