The M694V mutationinArmenian-Americans: A 10-year retrospective study of MEFV mutation testing for familial Mediterranean fever at UCLA

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-59

  Ong, Fs ^a,b   Vakil, H ^c   Xue, Y ^b   Kuo, Jz ^a,b   Shah, Kh ^a   Lee, Rb ^a   Bernstein, Ke ^a   Rimoin, Dl ^a,b,c   Getzug, T ^a   Das, K ^c   Deignan, Jl ^c   Rotter, Ji ^a,b,c   Grody, W W ^a,c  

^a Department of Biomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Armenian; Clinical laboratory testing; Familial Mediterranean Fever; MEFV; Molecular diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ARMENIA; ARTICLE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARENOSTRIN ENCODING FEVER GENE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ADOLESCENT; CHROMOSOME 16; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MUTATION; ONSET AGE; RECESSIVE GENE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MARENOSTRIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CALIFORNIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84879793096     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12029     Document Type: Article

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