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Familial Mediterranean fever in the Syrian population: gene mutation frequencies, carrier rates and phenotype-genotype correlation.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Mattit Hanadi, Joma Muhidin, Al-Cheikh Salwa, El-Khateeb Mohammed, Medlej-Hashim Myrna, Salem Nabiha, Delague Valérie, Mégarbané André
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BACKGROUND: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease mainly affecting particularly Arabs, Non-Ashkenazi Jews, Armenians, and Turks. It is an autoinflammatory periodic disorder characterized by febrile and painful attacks due to inflammation involving the serosal membra...
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