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Risk factors for subclinical inflammation in children with Familial Mediterranean fever.
Rheumatology international - 1 Aug 2015
Bayram Meral Torun, Çankaya Tufan, Bora Elçin, Kavukçu Salih, Ülgenalp Ayfer, Soylu Alper, Türkmen Mehmet
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common autosomal recessive inherited inflammatory disease characterized by attacks of painful inflammation. Some patients with FMF have subclinical inflammation persisting between the attacks. We aimed to identify the demographic, clinical and genetic risk factors for subclinical inflammation in children with FMF. The medical records of the children with FMF were...
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