MEFV gene mutations in Turkish children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1061-1067

  Comak, Elif ^a   Dogan, Cagla Serpil ^a   Akman, Sema ^a   Koyun, Mustafa ^a   Gokceoglu, Arife Uslu ^a   Keser, Ibrahim ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; MEFV mutations

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENTHESITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FEVER GENE; MUTATION RATE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTHRITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURKEY;

EID: 84881100156     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2003-x     Document Type: Article

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