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Diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever following the initial presentation of monoarthritis.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Mar 2018
Horovitz Yoseph, Tanous Osama, Khayat Morad, Shaker Munir, Shalev Stavit, Spiegel Ronen
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AIMS: To determine if familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) genetic testing should be advised in children with initial presentation of monoarthritis and to identify clinical parameters associated with FMF-induced arthritis that warrant genetic investigation. METHODS: A prospective study of 71 otherwise healthy children admitted to our pediatric department between 2010-2013 with a first episode of idiopathic...
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