PW01-011 – Exertional leg pain and spondyloarthropathy on FMF
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Methods All consecutive, consenting patients, aged 18-55, arriving at the FMF outpatient clinic and fulfilling the Tel Hashomer criteria for FMF, were included in the study. Patient allocation into study or control groups was based on the presence or absence of ELP, respectively. Following a detailed clinical, laboratory and genetic workup, randomly selected patients (in a ratio of 1:3 in the study and 1:8 among the control groups) underwent an ankle MRI and plain films of the sacroiliac joints.
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