Familial Mediterranean fever: High gene frequency and heterogeneous disease among an Israeli-Arab population

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1492-1495

  Shinawi, Marwan ^a   Brik, Riva ^a   Berant, Moshe ^a   Kasinetz, Leah ^a   Gershoni Baruch, Ruth ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; Frequency; Israeli Arab; MEFV founder mutation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034123581     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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