Familial Mediterranean fever in the Syrian population: gene mutation frequencies, carrier rates and phenotype-genotype correlation

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 481-486

  Mattit, Hanadi ^a   Joma, Muhidin ^a   Al Cheikh, Salwa ^a   El Khateeb, Mohammed ^b   Medlej Hashim, Myrna ^c   Salem, Nabiha ^c   Delague, Valérie ^c   Mégarbané, André ^c  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV gene; Mutations; Syria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEFV GENE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CODON; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SYRIA;

EID: 33845922909     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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