A new set of criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever in childhood

Yalçınkaya, Fatoş; Özen, Seza; Birsin Özçakar, Zeynep; Aktay, Nuray; Çakar, Nilgün; Düzova, Ali; Kasapçopur, Özgür; Halil Elhan, Atilla; Doğanay Erdoğan, Beyza; Ekı̇m, Mesı̇ha; Kara, Nazlı; Uncu, Nermin; Bakkaloğlu, Ayşı̇n

doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken509

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A new set of criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever in childhood

Published in Lara D. Veeken • Feb 4, 2009

Authors:

Fatoş Yalçınkaya

Seza Özen

Zeynep Birsin Özçakar

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Several sets of criteria mainly for adults have been proposed for the diagnosis of FMF. The aim of the present study is to validate the most widely used diagnostic 'Tel Hashomer' criteria in children and to establish a new set of criteria for use in childhood. METHODS: The study group co...

Subject

Medicine

Familial Mediterranean fever

Logistic regression

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