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MEFV, TNFRSF1A and CARD15 mutation analysis in Behçet's disease.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Baruch Yoav, Dagan Efrat, Rosner Itzhak, Fiorilli Massimo, Gershoni-Baruch Ruth, Rozenbaum Michael
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Given the pathological similarities between Behçet's disease (BD), Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), TNF receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) and Crohn's disease (CD) we evaluated the frequency of mutations and polymorphisms in MEFV, TNFRSF1A and CARD15 in Israeli BD patients of either Jewish or Arab descent. METHODS: Fifty-four BD patients (11 Jews and 43 Arabs), evaluated with respect to...
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