MEFV gene mutation spectrum in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). A single center study in the Aegean region of Turkey;MEFV-Mutationsspektrum bei familiärem Mittelmeerfieber (FMF)

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 511-516

  Coker, I ^a   Colak, A ^a   Yolcu, I ^a   Turkon H ^a   Nalbantoglu, S M ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean region; Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV gene; Mutation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEFV GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALLELES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 80054846578     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: 14351250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-011-0751-4     Document Type: Article

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