Protracted febrile myalgia mimicking polyarteritis nodosa

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-225

  Bircan, Zelal ^a   Usluer, Hale ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Familial Mediterranean fever; Myalgia; Polyarteritis nodosa; Protracted febrile myalgia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; COLCHICINE; COMPLEMENT; CREATINE KINASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RAMIPRIL; SALICYLIC ACID; ANTIGOUT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTRACTED FEBRILE MYALGIA; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID THERAPY; SYNOVECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; CHILD; COLCHICINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

EID: 62849126616     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318181b46b     Document Type: Article

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