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Genotype-phenotype studies in a large cohort of Armenian patients with familial Mediterranean fever suggest clinical disease with heterozygous MEFV mutations.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 2010
Moradian Mike M, Sarkisian Tamara, Ajrapetyan Hasmik, Avanesian Nare
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disorder generally caused by recessively inherited mutations in the MEFV gene. FMF is quite prevalent in Armenian population in which majority of patients have two mutated alleles, yet in 18% of symptomatic patients just one mutation has b...
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