Isolated myositis as a sole presentation of familial Mediterranean fever

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3321-3322

  Akl, Kamal ^a   Rawashdeh, Mohammad O ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; URATE;

BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URIC ACID STONE; URINALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOSITIS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84867902494     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2108-3     Document Type: Letter

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