MEFV Mutations in Tunisian Patients Suffering from Familial Mediterranean Fever

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 397-401

  Chaabouni, Habiba Bouhamed ^a   Ksantini, Mohamed ^a   M'rad, Ridha ^a   Kharrat, Maher ^a   Chaabouni, Myriam ^a   Maazoul, Faouzi ^a   Bahloul, Zouhair ^a   Ben Jemaa, Lamia ^a   Ben Moussa, Fatma ^a   Ben Chaabane, Taoufik ^a   Mrad, Skander ^a   Touitou, Isabelle ^a   Smaoui, Nizar ^a  

^a Laboratory of Genetics Immunology and Human Pathologies   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

familial Mediterranean fever; marenostrin; MEFV gene mutations; pyrin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TUNISIA;

EID: 34248647027     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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