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

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

    Vildan Ertekin, Mukadder Ayşe Selimoğlu, Handan Alp & Nebahat Yılmaz

  2. Osmangazi Mah. Gençtürkdublex evler C, Blok No: 26, Erzurum, Turkey

    Vildan Ertekin & Vildan Ertekin

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Ertekin, V., Selimoğlu, M.A., Alp, H. et al. Familial Mediterranean fever protracted febrile myalgia in children: report of two cases. Rheumatol Int 25, 398–400 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-004-0535-0

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