Genotype-phenotype correlation in a large group of Turkish patients with familial Mediterranean fever: Evidence for mutation-independent amyloidosis

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-72

  Yalcinkaya F ^a   Cakar N ^b   Misirlioglu M ^a   Tumer N ^a   Akar, N ^a   Tekin, M ^a   Tastan H ^a   Kocak H ^b   Ozkaya N ^a   Elhan, A H ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b I Neurosurgery Clinic   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Familial Mediterranean fever; Genotype phenotype; Turks

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 6744260791     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/39.1.67     Document Type: Article

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