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Detection of MEFV gene mutations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Feb 2009
Yurtcu Erkan, Gokcan Hale, Yilmaz Ugur, Sahin Feride Iffet
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) as the most common forms is an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is another inflammatory disease as well. In the current study we studied FMF gene mutations in 47 patients with IBD and 25 healthy individuals to investigate the effects of these mutations on the clinical status of IBD....
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