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Erschienen in: Rheumatology International 5/2005

01.07.2005 | Letters to the Editor

Familial Mediterranean fever protracted febrile myalgia in children: report of two cases

verfasst von: Vildan Ertekin, Mukadder Ayşe Selimoğlu, Handan Alp, Nebahat Yılmaz

Erschienen in: Rheumatology International | Ausgabe 5/2005

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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is characterised by recurring, acute, self-limiting episodes of fever accompanied by serosal, synovial or cutaneous inflammation [1, 2]. One of the most common complications of FMF results from the deposition of amyloid A [3]. The clinical picture of FMF has been expanded appreciably in the last 10 years when additional features have been described, including severe myalgia [4], the protracted febrile myalgia syndrome [5], scrotal swelling [6] and cardiac involvement [7]. In this letter, we described protracted febrile myalgia with FMF in two children and draw attention to the protracted febrile myalgia as an entity that requires corticosteroid treatment. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Familial Mediterranean fever protracted febrile myalgia in children: report of two cases
verfasst von
Vildan Ertekin
Mukadder Ayşe Selimoğlu
Handan Alp
Nebahat Yılmaz
Publikationsdatum
01.07.2005
Erschienen in
Rheumatology International / Ausgabe 5/2005
Print ISSN: 0172-8172
Elektronische ISSN: 1437-160X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-004-0535-0

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