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A survey of phenotype II in familial Mediterranean fever.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Nov 2000
Melikoğlu M, Ozdoğan H, Korkmaz C, Kasapçopur O, Arisoy N, Akkuş S, Fresko Z, Yazici H
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OBJECTIVE: Phenotype II in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the onset of amyloidosis before the onset of FMF with its typical attacks, or as an isolated finding in a member of an FMF family. Its presence was investigated by looking for proteinuria among the asymptomatic relatives of patients with FMF complicated by amyloidosis and among the asymptomatic relatives of patients with juvenile chronic arthritis...
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