Familial Mediterranean fever is no longer a rare disease in Japan

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Migita, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Izumi, Yasumori ^b   Jiuchi, Yuka ^b   Iwanaga, Nozomi ^b   Kawahara, Chieko ^a   Agematsu, Kazunaga ^c   Yachie, Akihiro ^d   Masumoto, Junya ^e   Fujikawa, Keita ^f   Yamasaki, Satoshi ^g   Nakamura, Tadashi ^h   Ubara, Yoshifumi ⁱ   Koga, Tomohiro ^j   Nakashima, Yoshikazu ^j   Shimizu, Toshimasa ^j   Umeda, Masataka ^j   Nonaka, Fumiaki ^k   Yasunami, Michio ^j   Eguchi, Katsumi ^l   Yoshiura, Koh ichiro ^j   Kawakami, Atsushi ^j   more..

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k Sasebo Shiritsu Sogo Hospital   (Japan)

^l SASEBO CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; MEFV gene; Rheumatic manifestations

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEFV GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MUTATOR GENE; PHENOTYPE; RARE DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; THORAX DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979677064     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-016-1071-5     Document Type: Article

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