Familial Mediterranean fever in the 'Chuetas' of Mallorca: A question of Jewish origin or genetic heterogeneity

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 242-246

  Domingo, Cecile ^a   Touitou, Isabelle ^a   Bayou, Anne ^b   Ozen, Seza ^c   Notarnicola, Cecile ^a   Dewalle, Marie ^a   Demaille, Jacques ^a   Buades, Rene ^d   Sayadat, Chalom ^b   Levy, Micha ^e   Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^e  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b Parc Scientifique de Luminy   (France)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Hospital Juan March   (Spain)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chuetas; FMF; Jews; MEFV

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEINS; SPAIN;

EID: 0034033799     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200462     Document Type: Article

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