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Clinical study of 7 cases of familial Mediterranean fever with MEFV gene mutation.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2007
Kim Shinho, Ikusaka Masatomi, Mikasa Grant, Basugi Ayako, Ohira Yoshiyuki, Nishizawa Soko, Itoga Sakae, Sunaga Masahiko, Nomura Fumio
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OBJECTIVE: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) had been considered a rare disease in Japan, but since the identification of the causative gene (MEFV) for pyrin/marenostrin in 1997, the occurrence of FMF has been successively reported. We reviewed the clinical features of 7 patients diagnosed with...
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