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Behçet's disease and hereditary periodic fever syndromes: casual association or causal relationship?
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Espinosa G, Arostegui J I, Plaza S, Rius J, Cervera R, Yagüe J, Font J
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OBJECTIVE: Mutations in the MEFV and the type 1 TNF receptor (TNFRSF 1A) genes have recently been linked to familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and TNF receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), respectively. A higher prevalence of Behçet's disease (BD) among FMF patients has been described compared to the general population. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether FMF TRAPS and BD could be genetically...
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