Mutations in the MEFV gene in a large series of patients with a clinical diagnosis of familial mediterranean fever

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 241-246

  Dodé, Catherine ^a,e   Pecheux C ^a   Cazeneuve, C ^b   Cattan, D ^c   Dervichian, M ^c   Goossens, M ^b   Delpech, M ^a   Amselem, S ^b   Grateau, G ^a,d  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Serv d'Hepato Gastro Enterologie   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e Serv de Biochim Genetique   (France)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; FMF; MEFV gene; Missense mutations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0343674694     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000605)92:4<241::AID-AJMG3>3.3.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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