A candidate gene for familial Mediterranean fever

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-31

  Bernot, Alain ^a   Clepet, Christian ^a   Dasilva, Corinne ^a   Devaud, Catherine ^a   Petit, Jean Louis ^a   Caloustian, Christophe ^a   Cruaud, Corinne ^a   Samson, Delphine ^a   Pulcini, Françoise ^a   Weissenbach, Jean ^a   Heilig, Roland ^a   Notanicola, Cécile ^b   Domingo, Cécile ^b   Rozenbaum, Michael ^b   Benchetrit, Eldad ^b   Topaloglu, Rezzan ^b   Dewalle, Marie ^b   Dross, Christiane ^b   Hadjari, Philippe ^b   Dupant, Madeleine ^b   Demaille, Jacques ^b   Touitou, Isabelle ^b   Smaoui, Nizar ^c   Nedelec, Brigitte ^c   Méry, Jean Philippe ^c   Chaabouni, Habiba ^c,d   Delpech, Marc ^c   Grateau, Gilles ^c   more..

^a GÉNÉTHON   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Serv Malad Congenitales H   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 16; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 16944365196     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0997-25     Document Type: Article

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