E148Q MEFV mutation carriage and longevity in individuals of Ashkenazi origin

Immunologic Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 371-375

  Lidar, Merav ^a,b   Shinar, Yael ^a   Goldberg, Marina ^a   Ben Zvi, Ilan ^a   Langevitz, Pnina ^b   Livneh, Avi ^a  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ashkenazi; FMF; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISRAEL; JEWS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84879555592     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-013-8414-y     Document Type: Article

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