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Clinical versus genetic diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians - 1 Apr 2000
Grateau G, Pêcheux C, Cazeneuve C, Cattan D, Dervichian M, Goossens M, Delpech M, Amselem S, Dodé C
Abstract excerpt
The diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) has until recently been based on clinical signs alone. Discovery of the MEFV gene has enabled a molecular approach to diagnosis, which is already well established for diagnosing typical clinical forms of FMF. We evaluated the utility of this molecular approach in a large series of patients with various clinical presentations and ethnic origins. We looked for...
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