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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and multiple sclerosis: an association study in one of the world's largest FMF cohorts.
European journal of neurology - 1 Sept 2011
Yahalom G, Kivity S, Lidar M, Vaknin-Dembinsky A, Karussis D, Flechter S, Ben-Chetrit E, Livneh A
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To describe and characterize the association between familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: The patient registry of The National Center for FMF was screened for the coexistence of FMF and MS. Tel-Hashomer criteria were used for the diagnosis of FMF, and FMF severity was evaluated, using the simplified FMF severity scale. McDonald criteria were used for the...
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