Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and multiple sclerosis: An association study in one of the world's largest FMF cohorts

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1146-1150

  Yahalom, G ^a   Kivity, S ^a   Lidar, M ^a,d   Vaknin Dembinsky, A ^b   Karussis, D ^b   Flechter, S ^c   Ben Chetrit, E ^b   Livneh, A ^a,d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Asaf Harofe Medical Center   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 79960305036     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03356.x     Document Type: Article

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