Clinical and molecular diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever in Egyptian children

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-145

  Settin, Ahmad ^a,b   El Baz, Rizk ^a   Abd Rasool, Mohammad ^c   El Khalegy, Hany ^c   El Sayed, Osman ^b   El Bendary, Mahmoud ^b   Al Nagar, Al Sayed M ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clinical aspects; Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV gene mutations diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; EGYPT; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CENTER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX PAIN;

CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EGYPT; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34347366416     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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