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Relationship of Tel Hashomer criteria and Mediterranean fever gene mutations in a cohort of Turkish familial Mediterranean fever patients.
Saudi medical journal - 1 Dec 2006
Samli Hale, Dogru Omer, Bukulmez Aysegul, Yuksel Erdinc, Ovali Fahri, Solak Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequency of 5 mutations and their relationship with the Tel Hashomer criteria in 85 FMF patients. METHODS: We looked for mutations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene in 84 consecutive patients who admitted to the Department of Medical Genetics of Afyon Kocatepe University, with a variable (from high to low) clinical suspicion of FMF. By using polymerase chain reaction and...
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