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MEFV, TNF1rA, CARD15 and NLRP3 mutation analysis in PFAPA.
Rheumatology international - 1 Mar 2010
Dagan Efrat, Gershoni-Baruch Ruth, Khatib Ihab, Mori Adi, Brik Riva
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PFAPA is a periodic fever disease, of unknown etiology, characterized by aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis. To inquire whether genes implicated in other auto-inflammatory diseases might be involved in its pathogenesis, predominant mutations in the genes causing familial Mediterranean fever, TNF receptor-associated periodic fever syndrome, Crohn's disease and Muckel-Wells syndrome were...
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