MEFV mutations in Moroccan patients suffering from familial Mediterranean Fever

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 981-984

  Belmahi, Latifa ^a   Cherkaoui, Imane Jaouad ^a   Hama, Iman ^a,b   Sefiani, Abdelaziz ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean Fever; MEFV gene; Moroccan population; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 16P; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEFV GENE; MIDDLE EAST; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; MUTATION;

EID: 84863510489     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1732-7     Document Type: Article

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