Familial Mediterranean Fever Gene as a Possible Modifier of Sweet Syndrome with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Miyoshi, Takashi ^a   Yamashita, Kouhei ^a   Ohno, Tatsuharu ^b   Izumi, Taisuke ^a   Takaori Kondo, Akifumi ^a   Sasada, Masataka ^a   Uchiyama, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV gene; Neutrophil; Sweet syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMATINIB;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEFV GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SWEET'S SYNDROME;

EID: 52549118695     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000158578     Document Type: Article

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