Different intrafamilial clinical presentation of FMF mutation carriers

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-127

  Chalevelakis, Georgios ^a   Apostolakis, Ioannis ^b   Koliou, Xeni ^c   Apessos, Angela ^c   Kyriakopoulou, Vanessa ^c   Vrakidou, Evfimia ^d   Vasilopoulou, Adamantia ^a   Lamnisou, Kleoniki ^e   Nasioulas, Georgios ^c,d  

^a Henri Dunant Hospital   (Greece)

^b 1st Pathology Clinic   (Greece)

^c HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA EXTRACTION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 41449102220     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0068     Document Type: Article

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