Familial Mediterranean fever gene mutations in the inner northern region of Turkey and genotype-phenotype correlation in children: ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 641-645

  Yilmaz, Resul ^a   Ozer, Samet ^a   Ozyurt, Huseyin ^a   Erkorkmaz, Unal ^a   Sahin, Semsettin ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Colchicines; Diagnosis; Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV gene mutations

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLEURISY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLCHICINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 70350648407     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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