TY - BOOK AU - Wessam Saeed Sayed Ahmed Zaid AU - Ahmed Maher Kadah , AU - Samia Hassan Rezek , AU - Samia Salah Eldeen Mahmoud , TI - Familial mediterranean fever gene mutation in Egyptian children with henoch - schonlein purpura / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Wessam Saeed Sayed Ahmed Zaid , KW - Children KW - Henoch - Schonlein purpura KW - MEFV N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - To investigate the prevalence of MEFV gene mutations in Egyptian children with HSP and to assess the clinical and laboratory characteristics of HSP patients with and without MEFV mutations . This is a case control study ; a case group of 40 patients with Henosh - Schonlein purpura and Control group of 30 normal children ; both are treated and followed up at Abuelreesh children hospital , Faculty of Medicine , Cairo University ; from October 2009 till December 2011 UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -