Molecular evaluation of 458 patients referred with a clinical diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever in Scandinavia

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1531-1533

  Cornelius, Nanna ^a   Duno, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFV PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANDINAVIA; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 83555173671     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1604-1     Document Type: Editorial

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