Prevalence and distribution of MEFV mutations among Arabs from the Maghreb patients suffering from familial Mediterranean fever;Prévalence et distribution des mutations de MEFV chez des Arabes originaires du Maghreb souffrant de fièvre familiale méditerranéenne

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-74

  Belmahi, Latifa ^a   Sefiani, Abdelaziz ^a   Fouveau, Corinne ^b   Feingold, Josué ^b   Delpech, Marc ^b   Grateau, Gilles ^c   Dodé, Catherine ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; Inherited inflammatory disorder; Pyrin Marenostrin

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; MUTATION;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALGERIA; ARABS; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXONS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MOROCCO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNISIA;

AFRICA; MAGHREB; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 31344435102     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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