A case with multiple sclerosis and familial mediterranean fever

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-312

  Sayin, Refah ^a   Alpayci, M ^a   Usul Soyoral, Y ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSORY EVALUATION;

ADULT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 80054111111     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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