Validation of the new paediatric criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever: Data from a mixed population of 100 children from the french reference centre for auto-inflammatory disorders

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2200-2203

  Kondi, Anuela ^a   Hentgen, Véronique ^b   Piram, Maryam ^a   Letierce, Alexia ^c   Guillaume Czitrom, Séverine ^a   Koné Paut, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b National Reference Center for Auto inflammatory Disorders   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis criteria; Familial Mediterranean fever

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYTOKINE; PROTEIN MEFV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PFAPA SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649399918     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq252     Document Type: Article

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