Gastrointestinal mucosal involvement without amyloidosis in children with familial mediterranean fever

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-323

  Gurkan, Odul Egritas ^a   Dalgic, Buket ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

amyloidosis; aphthous bulbitis; aphthous gastritis; colitis; familial Mediterranean fever

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANUS INJURY; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; COLON; COMPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROSCOPY; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH DISEASES; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

ADOLESCENT; AMYLOIDOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS; COLON; DIARRHEA; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; STOMACH DISEASES; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; VOMITING;

EID: 84883742495     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318295fc65     Document Type: Article

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