Non-isotopic RNase cleavage assay for mutation detection in MEFV, the gene responsible for familial Mediterranean fever, in a cohort of Greek patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 438-443

  Ritis, K ^a,b   Giaglis, S ^b   Spathari, N ^b   Micheli, A ^b   Zonios, D ^c   Tzoanopoulos, D ^b   Deltas, C C ^e   Rafail, S ^b   Mean, R ^d   Papadopoulos, V ^b   Tzioufas, A G ^c   Moutsopoulos, H M ^c   Kartalis, G ^b  

^a Democritus University of Thrace ^*  (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^e CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEFV GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 11144354882     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.009258     Document Type: Article

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