Common MEFV Mutation Analysis in Iranian Azeri Turkish Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 334-338

  Esmaeili, Mohsen ^a,b   Bonyadi, Mortaza ^a,b,c   Rafeey, Mandana ^c,d   Sakha, Kazem ^d   Somi, Mohammad Hossein ^c  

^a Faculty of Science   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

common mutations; Familial Mediterranean fever; Iranian Azeri Turks; MEFV

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN FEVER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

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

EID: 40749118014     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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