Two sisters with familial Mediterranean fever: Lack of correlation between genotype and phenotype?

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-107

  Kutlay, Sim ^a,b   Sengul, Sule ^a   Keven, Kenan ^a   Erturk, Sehsuvar ^a   Erbay, Bulent ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; FMF; Genotype

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLCHICINE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIGENETICS; ETHNOLOGY; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PLEURISY; PROGNOSIS; SIBLING;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33645462158     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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