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Evaluation of the current disease severity scores in paediatric FMF: is it necessary to develop a new one?
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 2012
Kalkan Gokhan, Demirkaya Erkan, Acikel Cengiz Han, Polat Adem, Peru Harun, Karaoglu Abdulbaki, Sari Erkan, Dursun Ismail, Gok Faysal, Ozen Seza
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OBJECTIVES: Modified adult disease severity scoring systems are being used for childhood FMF. We aim to test the clinical consistency of two common severity scoring systems and to evaluate the correlation of scores with the type of FMF mutations in paediatric FMF patients since certain mutations are prone to severe disease. METHODS: Two hundred and fifty-eight children with FMF were cross-sectionally studied....
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