Pyrin/marenostrin mutations in familial Mediterranean fever

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 603-606

  Booth, D R ^a   Gillmore, J D ^a   Booth, S E ^a   Pepys, M B ^a   Hawkins, P M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARENOSTRIN; PYRIN; SERUM AMYLOID P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0031724284     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.9.603     Document Type: Article

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