Familial mediterranean fever in the world

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1447-1453

  Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^a   Touitou, Isabelle ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZELASTINE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; COLCHICINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERFERON; OPIATE; PRAZOSIN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RESERPINE; SERUM AMYLOID A; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARAB; ARMENIA; ARTHRITIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYTHEMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEVER; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; ITALY; JAPAN; MEFV GENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERITONITIS; PLEURISY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RASH; REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

COLCHICINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70349774428     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24458     Document Type: Review

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