Familial Mediterranean fever in a large Lebanese family: Multiple MEFV mutations and evidence for a Founder effect of the p.[M694I] mutation

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-54

  Medlej Hashim, Myrna ^a,b   Chouery, Eliane ^a   Salem, Nabiha ^a   Delague, Valérie ^a,c   Lefranc, Gérard ^d   Loiselet, Jacques ^a   Mégarbané, André ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

Ancestral mutation; FMF; Founder effect; Haplotypes; MEFV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 79951950076     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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