Familial mediterranean fever - An increasingly important childhood disease in Sweden

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-198

  Wekell, P ^a,b,c   Friman, V ^a   Balci Peynircioglu, B ^d   Yilmaz, E ^d   Fasth, A ^a,c   Berg, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NU Hospital Organisation   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Familial Mediterranean Fever; Prevalence; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ONSET AGE; PERITONITIS; PLEURISY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872360784     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12075     Document Type: Article

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