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Familial Mediterranean Fever: association of elevated IgD plasma levels with specific MEFV mutations.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Nov 2001
Medlej-Hashim M, Petit I, Adib S, Chouery E, Salem N, Delague V, Rawashdeh M, Mansour I, Lefranc G, Naman R, Loiselet J, Lecron J C, Serre J L, Mégarbané A
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a recessively inherited disorder, characterized by episodic fever, abdominal and arthritic pain, as well as other forms of inflammation. Some FMF patients present higher IgD serum levels, and it is not yet known whether such an elevation is related to specific genotypes or correlated with a specific phenotype. In order to evaluate the association between known FMF-related...
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