Familial mediterranean fever: From the clinical syndrome to the cloning of the pyrin gene

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 92-97

  Pras, Mordechai ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Colchicine treatment; Familial mediterranean fever (FMF); FMF gene; Hashomer diagnostic criterea; Pyrin gene; Pyrin protein

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PROTEIN; PYRIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; CHILD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLCHICINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031893195     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097498440949     Document Type: Review

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