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Screening of family members of children with Familial Mediterranean Fever: true-autosomal and pseudo-autosomal inheritance.
Acta reumatologica portuguesa - 1 Jan 2000
Caglar Musa Kazim, Altugan Fatma Semsa, Ozyurt Hüseyin, Atasoy Halil Ibrahim
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Screening of family members of children with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) has been carried out to detect new potential patients and to analyze the type of inheritance other than autosomal recessive. METHODS: Marenostrin encoding fever gene mutational analysis has been performed in 83 subjects - including 19 newly diagnosed children with FMF and their family members. RESULTS: Fourteen additional...
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