A new set of criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever in childhood

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-398

  Yalçinkaya, Fatoş ^a,e   Özen, Seza ^b   Özçakar, Zeynep Birsin ^a   Aktay, Nuray ^b   Çakar, Nilgün ^c   Düzova, Ali ^b   Kasapçopur, Özgür ^d   Elhan, Atilla H ^a   Doǧanay, Beyza ^a   Ekim, Mesiha ^a   Kara, Nazli ^c   Uncu, Nermin ^c   Bakkaloǧlu, Ayşin ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; FMF; Paediatric; Tel Hashomer criteria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEL HASOMER CRITERIA; THORAX PAIN;

AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63249101990     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken509     Document Type: Article

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