title: Diagnosis. Severity scoring system for paediatric FMF.
abstract: Severity scoring systems for adult familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) are established and used as important clinical and analytical tools in disease management and research. A recent paper highlights the need for a paediatric FMF severity measure. How should such a score be built and what challenges might be faced?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel. alivneh@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Livneh
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D018450:Disease Progression; D004886:Erysipelas / Q000453:epidemiology; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D003078:Colchicine