Behçet's disease‬ and familial Mediterranean fever: Two sides of the same coin or just an association? A cross-sectional study‬

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue , 2017, Pages 75-78

  Watad, Abdulla ^a,b   Tiosano, Shmuel ^a,b   Yahav, Dana ^a,b   Comaneshter, Doron ^c   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,b   Cohen, Arnon D ^c,d   Amital, Howard ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Comorbidity; Fever; FMF; MEFV gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ARAB; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

MEFV PROTEIN, HUMAN; PYRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PYRIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85001759543     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.10.011     Document Type: Article

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