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Familial Mediterranean fever: effects of genotype and ethnicity on inflammatory attacks and amyloidosis.
Pediatrics - 1 May 2000
Mimouni A, Magal N, Stoffman N, Shohat T, Minasian A, Krasnov M, Halpern G J, Rotter J I, Fischel-Ghodsian N, Danon Y L, Shohat M
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OBJECTIVE: The gene causing familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)-an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent short episodes of fever associated most commonly with peritonitis, pleuritis, and arthritis-has recently been found and several mutations identified. The most severe complication of the disease is amyloidosis, which can lead to renal failure. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of...
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