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Common MEFV mutation analysis in 36 Iranian patients with familial Mediterranean fever: clinical and demographic significance.
Modern rheumatology - 1 Dec 2010
Bidari Ali, Ghavidel-Parsa Banafsheh, Najmabadi Hossein, Talachian Elham, Haghighat-Shoar Majid, Broumand Behrooz, Ghalehbaghi Babak
Abstract excerpt
The aim of our study was to determine the spectrum of the 12 most common familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) mutations in Iranian patients with heterogeneous ethnicity, using the familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) strip assay test. A total of 36 patients were diagnosed according to established clinical criteria. Genomic DNA from all patients was tested for 12 common mutations located in exon 2 (E148Q), 3...
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