Demographic, clinical and mutational characteristics of Turkish familial Mediterranean fever patients: Results of a single center in Central Anatolia

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 911-915

  Üreten, Kemal ^c   Gönülalan, Gülsüm ^a   Akbal, Erdem ^a   Güneş, Fahri ^a   Akyürek, Ömer ^a   Özbek, Mustafa ^a   Öztürk, M Akif ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adult onset FMF; Early onset FMF; Familial mediterranean fever; MEFV gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYSIPELAS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954914797     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1073-6     Document Type: Article

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