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Can we use faecal calprotectin to distinguish abdominal pain of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) from acute appendicitis?

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunology-Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, 35340, Balçova-Izmir, Turkey

    Balahan Makay & Erbil Ünsal

  2. Department of General Surgery, Ege University Hospital, 35330, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey

    Özer Makay

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Makay, B., Makay, Ö. & Ünsal, E. Can we use faecal calprotectin to distinguish abdominal pain of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) from acute appendicitis?. Clin Rheumatol 28, 239–240 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-008-1041-7

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