Familial mediterranean fever in children presenting with attacks of fever alone

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 865-869

  Padeh, Shai ^a   Livneh, A V I ^b   Pras, Elon ^b   Shinar, Yael ^b   Lidar, Merav ^b   Feld, Olga ^b   Berkun, Yackov ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Familial mediterranean fever; MEFV; Phenotype mutations

Indexed keywords

MEFV PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE SCROTUM; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; VASCULITIS;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; JEWS; MALE; MUTATION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77950638177     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090687     Document Type: Article

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