Disease severity in children and adolescents with familial Mediterranean fever: A comparative study to explore environmental effects on a monogenic disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-248

  Ozen, S ^a   Aktay, N ^a   Lainka, E ^b   Duzova, A ^a   Bakkaloglu, A ^a   Kallinich, T ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 58849097636     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.092031     Document Type: Article

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