Familial mediterranean fever clinical and genetic features in Druzes and in Iraqi Jews: A preliminary study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 916-919

  Touitou, Isabelle ^a   Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^b   Notarnicola, Cécile ^a   Domingo, Cécile ^a   Dewalle, Marie ^a   Dross, Christiane ^a   Dupont, Madeleine ^a   Demaille, Jacques ^a   Rosner, Itzhak ^c   Rozenbaum, Michael ^c  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Druze; Familial mediterranean fever; Haplotype; Iraqi Jews; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MARKER GENE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRAQ; JEWS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031897168     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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