MEFV mutations in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1091-1094

  Migita, Kiyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Tadashi ^b   Maeda, Yumi ^a   Miyashita, Taichiro ^a   Koga, Tomohiro ^a   Tanaka, Mototsugu ^a   Nakamura, Minoru ^a   Komori, Atsumasa ^a   Ishibashi, Hiromi ^a   Origuchi, Tomoki ^c   Ida, Hiroaki ^c   Kawasaki, Eiji ^c   Yasunami, Michio ^d   Eguchi, Katsumi ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Kumamoto Center for Arthritis and Rheumatology   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AA amyloidosis; Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; ARGININE; AZATHIOPRINE; BUCILLAMINE; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INFLIXIMAB; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PROLINE; PYRIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 59149100653     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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