European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 44-47 , January 2009

Serum adenosine deaminase activities during acute attacks and attack-free periods of familial Mediterranean fever

  • Bunyamin Kisacik

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakültesi Romatoloji Unitesi, 06100 Sihhiye-Ankara, Turkiye. Tel.: +90 312 3100194; fax: +90 312 3100194.
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  • Ali Akdogan

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Gulsen Yilmaz

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Omer Karadag

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Fatma Meric Yilmaz

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Seyfettin Koklu

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Osman Yuksel

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara, Turkey
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  • A. Ihsan Ertenli

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Sedat Kiraz

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey

Received 1 November 2007 ,Revised 20 March 2008 ,Accepted 26 April 2008.

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PII: S0953-6205(08)00131-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.04.020

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 44-47 , January 2009

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