Familial mediterranean fever and Behçet's disease--are they associated?

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OBJECTIVE: To test whether the coexistence of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and Behçet's disease (BD) is more frequent than expected and whether each disease affects the severity of the other. METHODS: We screened 353 charts of patients with FMF to detect individuals with concomitant BD. Of these, 152 patients with FMF over the age of 18 years were also interviewed and examined specifically. We also studied...

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