Familial mediterranean fever: The genetics of inflammation

Hospital Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 131-158

  Kastner, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; PERITONITIS; PLEURISY; RASH; REVIEW;

EID: 0032522593     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/hp.1998.04.90     Document Type: Review

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