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Familial Mediterranean fever among patients from Karabakh and the diagnostic value of MEFV gene analysis in all classically affected populations.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Aug 2003
Cazeneuve Cécile, Hovannesyan Zaruhi, Geneviève David, Hayrapetyan Hasmik, Papin Stéphanie, Girodon-Boulandet Emmanuelle, Boissier Brigitte, Feingold Josué, Atayan Karine, Sarkisian Tamara, Amselem Serge
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OBJECTIVE: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal-recessive disorder that is common in Armenian, Turkish, Arab, and Sephardic Jewish populations. Its clinical diagnosis is one of exclusion, with the patients displaying nonspecific symptoms related to serosal inflammation. MEFV gene an...
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