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Growth in familial mediterranean fever: effect of attack rate, genotype and colchicine treatment.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Aug 2008
Türkmen Mehmet, Soylu Ozlem Bekem, Kasap Belde, Güneş Sezgin, Tüfekçi Ozlem, Soylu Alper, Erçal Derya, Kavukçu Salih
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the effect of attack frequency, homozygosity for the M694V mutation and colchicine treatment on growth in children with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Prepubertal patients with FMF (19 M, 14 F) were evaluated retrospectively for height SDS, weight SDS and body mass index (BMI) b...
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