Molecular diagnosis of FMF: Lessons from a study of 446 unrelated individuals

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4 SUPPL. 26, 2002, Pages

  Ben Chetrit, Eldad ^a   Urieli Shoval, Simcha ^a   Calko, Sima ^a   Abeliovich, Dvorah ^a   Matzner, Yaacov ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

FMF; MEFV gene; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AFRICA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE EAST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MARENOSTRIN; PROTEIN;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ARABS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; JEWS; MIDDLE EAST; PROTEINS;

EID: 0036656949     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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