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MEFV mutations are increased in Behçet's disease (BD) and are associated with vascular involvement.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Atagunduz P, Ergun T, Direskeneli H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A high prevalence of Behçet's disease (BD) among familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients has been described recently and a weak association of BD and certain MEFV gene mutations, originally linked to FMF, has been reported in an ethnically mixed population from France. We further investigated the presence of MEFV mutations in BD patients from Turkey, a country with a high prevalence of both...
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