Application of the new pediatric criteria and Tel Hashomer criteria in heterozygous patients with clinical features of FMF

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1055-1057

  Özçakar, Z Birsin ^a   Yalçinkaya, Fatoş ^a,d   Çakar, Nilgün ^b   Acar, Banu ^b   Bilgiç, A Evren ^b   Uncu, Nermin ^b   Kara, Nazli ^b   Ekim, Mesiha ^a   Kasapçopur, Özgür ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Criteria; Diagnosis; Familial Mediterranean fever; Heterozygous

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC CRITERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEL HASHOMER CRITERIA; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 79960932533     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1404-y     Document Type: Article

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