A note on mutation analysis in familial Mediterranean fever [1]

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 196-197

  Akar, Nejat ^a,b   Akar, Ece ^a   Özel, Duygu ^a   Tekin, Mustafa ^a   Ekim, Mesiha ^a   Yalçinkaya, Fatos ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Familial Mediterranean fever; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS;

EID: 0041785587     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-002-1011-2     Document Type: Letter

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