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Genetic screening of familial Mediterranean fever mutations in the Palestinian population.
Saudi medical journal - 1 May 2005
Ayesh Suhail K, Nassar Suheir M, Al-Sharef Wasif A, Abu-Libdeh Bassam Y, Darwish Hisham M
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the spectrum of mutations and genotypes in the pyrin gene in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients. METHODS: Blood samples of 511 suspected FMF patients, received from the Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital, Mount Olives, Jerusalem during the period from June 1999 to August 2004, were investigated by genotyping 24 different MEFV mutations. RESULTS:...
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