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Chronic destructive arthritis as an isolated symptom of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in a 17 year old Turkish boy

Authors: G Dueckers, K Siepermann, G Ganser, S Hardt, M Wennmacher, AE Horwitz, C Haneke, T Niehues

Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology | Special Issue 1/2011

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FMF belongs to the group of autosomal-recessive inherited fever syndromes. Recurrent fever episodes are typically associated with polyserositis. One complication of this fever syndrome is amyloidosis, thus early colchizine treatment is indicated in FMF. …

Title: Chronic destructive arthritis as an isolated symptom of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in a 17 year old Turkish boy
Authors: G Dueckers
K Siepermann
G Ganser
S Hardt
M Wennmacher
AE Horwitz
C Haneke
T Niehues
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-9-S1-P231

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