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Genetic risk factors of amyloidogenesis in familial Mediterranean fever.
American journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2000
Delibaş Ali, Oner Ayşe, Balci Banu, Demircin Gulay, Bulbul Mehmet, Bek Kenan, Erdoğan Ozlem, Baysun Sahika, Yilmaz Engin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Evaluation of the risk factors, and phenotype-genotype correlation of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) gene (MEFV) and serum amyloid A1 (SAA1) gene polymorphisms in renal amyloidosis. METHODS: We investigated MEFV and SAA1 genotypes (alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms) in 50 FMF patients and 50 healthy children. Tel-Hashomer criteria were used for the diagnosis and severity scoring of FMF....
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