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Reduced MEFV messenger RNA expression in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Oct 2002
Notarnicola Cécile, Didelot Marie-Noëlle, Koné-Paut Isabelle, Seguret Fabienne, Demaille Jacques, Touitou Isabelle
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common inherited periodic syndrome. The disease phenotype and the almost exclusive expression of the causative gene, MEFV, in leukocytes suggest that this gene plays an important role in the inflammatory cascade. Since most of the known mutations are conservative, we sought to determine how minor DNA defects can give rise to the dramatic phenotypic...
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