Musculoskeletal Sonography in Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Objective. To demonstrate the role of sonography in depicting periarticular changes in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to find out whether certain tendons in juvenile SLE patients were different from those of healthy controls

Prevalence of the MEFV gene mutations in childhood polyarteritis nodosa

Objectives To test the hypothesis that alterations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene area susceptibility factor for the development of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) we investigated the prevalence of MEFV mutations in patients with PAN without tiny symptoms of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)