Spectrum of mutations and carrier frequency of familial Mediterranean fever gene in the Algerian population

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2306-2310

  Ait Idir, Djouher ^a,b   Khilan, Abdulghani ^c   Djerdjouri, Bahia ^a   El Shanti, Hatem ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

^c Shafallah Medical Genetics Center   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algeria; Amyloidosis; Autoinflammatory; Carrier rate; Familial mediterranean fever; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALGERIA; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPECTRUM; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

ALGERIA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXONS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 82355170764     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker328     Document Type: Article

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