Phenotype 2 familial mediterranean fever: Evaluation of 22 case series and review of the literature on phenotype 2 FMF

Renal Failure

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-230

  Altunoǧlu, Alpaslan ^a   Erten, Şükran ^a   Canoz, Mujdat Batur ^b   Yuksel, Aydan ^a   Ceylan, Gulay Gulec ^a   Balci, Serdar ^a   Dogan, Hayriye Tatli ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Hospital Estatal de Yalova   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV gene mutation; Phenotype 2; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873644880     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2012.745115     Document Type: Article

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