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The west side story: MEFV haplotype in Spanish FMF patients and controls, and evidence of high LD and a recombination "hot-spot" at the MEFV locus.
Human mutation - 1 Apr 2004
Aldea Anna, Calafell Francesc, Aróstegui Juan I, Lao Oscar, Rius Josefa, Plaza Susana, Masó Montserrat, Vives Jordi, Buades Joan, Yagüe Jordi
Abstract excerpt
Mutations at the MEFV gene cause, with various degrees of penetrance, familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). This disease is more prevalent in the Middle East than elsewhere, and most studies have focused on those populations. However, FMF occurs also in the Western Mediterranean and these populatio...
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