Familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEVF) mutations in Crohn's disease in a Mediterranean area

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1313-

  Renda, Maria Concetta ^a   Civitavecchia, Giuseppe ^a   Fabiano, Carmelo ^a   Sammarco, Piero ^a   Cottone, Mario ^a  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; GENE PRODUCT; PYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NOD2 SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

EID: 54349115654     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20424     Document Type: Letter

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