The frequency of sacroiliitis in familial Mediterranean fever and the role of HLA-B27 and MEFV mutations in the development of sacroiliitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Kaşifoǧlu, Timuçin ^a   Çalişir, Cüneyt ^a   Cansu, Döndü Ü ^a   Korkmaz, Cengiz ^a,b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Vişnelik Mah Alifuat Güven Cad ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Familial Mediterranean fever; HLA B27; MEFV mutations; Sacroiliitis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN MEFV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049168773     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0980-3     Document Type: Article

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