MEFV sequence variants and amyloidosis: Still an enigmatic question

Human Mutation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-97

  Altiok, Ozden ^a   Séguret, Fabienne ^b   Touitou, Isabelle ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEFV GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 0037226671     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.10137     Document Type: Letter

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