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Prevalence of the MEFV gene mutations in childhood polyarteritis nodosa.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2007
Yalçinkaya Fatoş, Ozçakar Z Birsin, Kasapçopur Ozgür, Oztürk Ayşenur, Akar Nejat, Bakkaloğlu Ayşin, Arisoy Nil, Ekim Mesiha, Ozen Seza
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that alterations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene are a susceptibility factor for the development of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) we investigated the prevalence of MEFV mutations in patients with PAN without any symptoms of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). STUDY DESIGN: Pediatric patients with PAN (n = 29) were enrolled in this study. Six predominant mutations (p.M694V,...
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