Familial mediterranean fever in two bedouin families: Mutation analysis and disease severity

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 247-249

  Press, Joseph ^a   Shinar, Yael ^b   Langevitz, Pnina ^b,c   Livneh, Avi ^b,c   Pras, Mordehai ^b,c   Buskila, Dan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouins; FMF; MEFV; Mutation analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034608287     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000605)92:4<247::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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