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A Japanese case of familial Mediterranean fever with family history demonstrating a mutation in MEFV.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Aug 2003
Yoshida Ken-ichi, Kanaoka Shigeru, Kajimura Masayoshi, Kataoka Hideki, Takahira Kenichiro, Osawa Satoshi, Sano Munetaka, Hishida Akira
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We describe a 17-year-old woman with a family history of FMF who suffered from recurrent fever accompanied by pains in the left chest and abdomen. During a five-year period she experienced attacks about once every six months. The metaraminol provocative test was positive. Genomic DNA extracted from peripheral blood lymphocytes from both her and her parents were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR),...
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