Familial Mediterranean fever in small children in Turkey

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4 SUPPL. 67, 2011, Pages

  Yacinkaya F ^a   Ozcakar Z B ^a   Tanyildiz, M ^a   Elhan, A H ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay; Familial Mediterranean fever; Small children

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLCHICINE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TUBULIN MODULATORS; TURKEY;

EID: 80855144039     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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