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Serum amyloid A1 -13 T/C alleles in Turkish familial Mediterranean fever patients with and without amyloidosis.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2000
Akar Nejat, Hasipek Metis, Oztürk Ayşenur, Akar Ece, Tekin Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
Previously reported studies concerning the effect of homozygosity of the 1.1 allele of the SAA gene found a correlation between this haplotype and susceptibility to amyloidosis in FMF patients. Another report revealed a strong association between SAA1 -13T/C and secondary amyloidosis in the rheumatoid arthritis patient group. In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of SAA1 -13T/C in FMF patients with and...
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