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MEFV mutation analysis of familial Mediterranean fever in Japan.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Tomiyama N, Higashiuesato Y, Oda T, Baba E, Harada M, Azuma M, Yamashita T, Uehara K, Miyazato A, Hatta K, Ohya Y, Iseki K, Jinno Y, Takishita S
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BACKGROUND: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever with serosal inflammation. FMF gene (MEFV) mutations have been identified primarily in patients from Mediterranean populations. Although several clinical cases have been re...
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