Phenotype-genotype correlation in Jewish patients suffering from Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-97

  Dewalle, Marie ^a   Domingo, Cécile ^a   Rozenbaum, Michel ^b   Ben Chétrit, Eldad ^c   Cattan, Daniel ^d   Bernot, Alain ^e   Dross, Christiane ^a   Dupont, Madeleine ^a   Notarnicola, Cécile ^a   Levy, Micha ^c   Rosner, Itzhak ^b   Demaille, Jacques ^a   Touitou, Isabelle ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint Georges   (France)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

FMF; Jews; M694V mutation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRAQ; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PERITONITIS; PHENOTYPE; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 13144307083     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200170     Document Type: Article

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