Familial mediterranean fever: High gene frequency among the non- Ashkenazic and Ashkenazic Jewish populations in Israel

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 311-314

  Daniels, M ^a   Shohat, T ^a   Brenner Ullman, A ^a   Shohat, M ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028821355     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320550313     Document Type: Article

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