Higher than expected carrier rates for familial Mediterranean fever in various Jewish ethnic groups

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-310

  Stoffman, N ^a   Magal, N ^a   Shohat, T ^a   Lotan, R ^a   Koman, S ^a   Oron, A ^a   Danon, Y ^b   Halpern, G J ^a   Lifshitz, Y ^c   Shohat, M ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c Maternal Health Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carrier rate; FMF; Israel; Jews; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRAN; IRAQ; ISRAEL; JEWS; MUTATION; PROTEINS;

IRANIA;

EID: 0034091243     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200446     Document Type: Article

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