MEFV mutations in Iranian Azeri Turkish patients with Familial Mediterranean fever

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-480

  Bonyadi, M ^a,b   Esmaeili, M ^b   Jalali, H ^a   Somi, M H ^b   Ghaffari, A ^c   Rafeey, M ^b,c   Sakha, K ^c   Lotfalizadeh, N ^d   Pourhassan, A ^e   Khoshbaten, M ^b   Ardalan, M R ^f   Laghaeian, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d The Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Center   (Iran)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; Iranian Azeri Turks; MEFV; Rare mutations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 70449450989     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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