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Pyrin/marenostrin mutations in familial Mediterranean fever.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians - 1 Sept 1998
Booth D R, Gillmore J D, Booth S E, Pepys M B, Hawkins P N
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited inflammatory disease that is frequently complicated by reactive systemic (AA) amyloidosis. It is principally recognized in certain Mediterranean populations, and the diagnosis depends on clinical features. Four mutations strongly linked to FMF have lately been identified in a gene encoding a novel protein that has been named pyrin or marenostrin. We studied 27...
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