Performance of Different Diagnostic Criteria for Familial Mediterranean Fever in Children with Periodic Fevers: Results from a Multicenter International Registry.

CONCLUSION: The Yalcinkaya-Ozen criteria yielded a better sensitivity than the other criteria in this international cohort of patients and thus can be used as a tool for FMF diagnosis in pediatric patients from either the European or eastern Mediterranean region. However, the specificity was lower than the previously suggested adult criteria.
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Source: J Rheumatol - November 15, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Demirkaya E, Saglam C, Turker T, Koné-Paut I, Woo P, Doglio M, Amaryan G, Frenkel J, Uziel Y, Insalaco A, Cantarini L, Hofer M, Boiu S, Duzova A, Modesto C, Bryant A, Rigante D, Papadopoulou-Alataki E, Guillaume-Czitrom S, Kuemmerle-Deschner J, Neven B, Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research