Relationship between HLA-DR, HLA-DQ alleles and MEFV gene mutations in familial mediterranean fever (FMF) patients

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Kinikli, Gülay ^a,d   Bektaş, Mehmet ^a   Misirlioǧlu, Müge ^b   Ateş, Aşkin ^a   Turgay, Murat ^a   Tuncer, Serdar ^b   Kinikli, Sami ^c   Tokgöz, Güner ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Metis Biotechnology Ltd   (Turkey)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^d Fakülteler Mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; HLA alleles; MEFV gene mutations

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEFV GENE;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY;

EID: 33845329906     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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