Rehab Hussein Mohammed <br/><br/>
Mean platelet volume and splenomegaly as subclinical inflammatory markers in children with familial mediterranean fever /  
 متوسط حجم الصفائح الدموية وتضخم الطحال كعلامات للإلتهاب تحت الاكلينيكى فى الاطفال الذين يعانون من حمى البحر الأبيض المتوسط العائلية 
Rehab Hussein Mohammed ; Supervised Hala Salah Eldin Talaat , Maha Fathi Sheba , Mohamed Farouk Mohamed 
 - Cairo :   Rehab Hussein Mohammed ,   2013 
 - 118 P. :   charts ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics 
<br/><br/> This is a cross - sectional study done on 40 patients with familial Mediterranean fever ( FMF ) diagnosed clinically and according to genetic mutation and they were followed - up at the Rheumatology Clinic , Specialized Cairo University Pediatric Hospital , the study aimed to investigate the correlation of MPV and splenomegaly as subclinical inflammatory markers of FMF patients at the attacks free period 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Clinical presentations  Familial mediterranean fever  Mean platelet volume