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Application of the new pediatric criteria and Tel Hashomer criteria in heterozygous patients with clinical features of FMF.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Aug 2011
Ozçakar Z Birsin, Yalçınkaya Fatoş, Cakar Nilgün, Acar Banu, Bilgiç A Evren, Uncu Nermin, Kara Nazlı, Ekim Mesiha, Kasapçopur Ozgür
Abstract excerpt
Recently, a new set of criteria was established for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in childhood. The aim of this study is to validate the new criteria set among heterozygous patients with clinical features of FMF. The study group consisted of FMF patients, who had a mutation at a single allele, who were followed in four pediatric nephrology-rheumatology centers in Turkey. Patients were...
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