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Clinical Study

Association between colchicine resistance and vitamin D in familial Mediterranean fever

Ismail OzerDepartment of Nephrology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Samsun, Turkey,
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Turkan MeteDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Samsun, Turkey, Correspondence[email protected]
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Ozlem Turkeli SezerDepartment of Medical Genetics, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Samsun, Turkey,
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Guyem Kolbasi OzgenDepartment of Medical Genetics, Sevket Yilmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey,
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Gultekin Ozan KucukDepartment of General Surgery, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Samsun, Turkey,
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Coskun KayaDepartment of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, and
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Elif Kilic KanDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Samsun, Turkey,
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Gulhan DumanDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Samsun, Turkey,
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Hacer Pinar Ozturk KurtDepartment of Internal Medicine, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Samsun, Turkey
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Pages 1122-1125 | Received 26 Jan 2015, Accepted 13 May 2015, Published online: 12 Jun 2015

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