The prevalence of familial Mediterranean fever in the Turkish province of Denizle: A field study with a zero patient design

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4 SUPPL. 24, 2004, Pages

  Çobankara, Veli ^a,c   Fidan, Güzin ^a   Türk, Tufan ^a   Zencir, Mehmet ^a   Çolakoglu, Murat ^a   Özen, Seza ^a,b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's syndrome; Epidemiology; Familial Mediterranean fever

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; THORAX PAIN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; FIELD STUDY; JOINT SWELLING;

ADOLESCENT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 6344258644     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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