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Exertional leg pain in familial Mediterranean fever: a manifestation of an underlying enthesopathy and a marker of more severe disease.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Nov 2014
Eshed Iris, Rosman Yossi, Livneh Avi, Kedem Ron, Langevitz Pnina, Ben-Zvi Ilan, Lidar Merav
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OBJECTIVE: Exertional leg pain is a characteristic musculoskeletal manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). We aimed to define the frequency and characteristics of exertional leg pain in a large cohort of FMF patients and to evaluate for additional signs and symptoms of spondyloarthritis (SpA) in this patient population. METHODS: FMF patients were allocated into study or control groups based on the...
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