Familial Mediterranean fever in Iranian children. First report from Iran

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-

  Salehzadeh, F ^a   Jahangiri, S ^a   Emami, D ^a   Shiari, R ^a  

^a Paediatric Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYSIPELOID; ERYTHEMA; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRAN; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN;

EID: 77952758209     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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