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Familial Mediterranean fever-associated mutation pyrin E148Q as a potential risk factor for multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 1 Sept 2012
Kümpfel T, Gerdes L-A, Wacker T, Blaschek A, Havla J, Krumbholz M, Pöllmann W, Feneberg W, Hohlfeld R, Lohse P
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BACKGROUND: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autoinflammatory disease caused by mutations in the MEFV gene and characterized by recurrent febrile polyserositis. A possible association of FMF and multiple sclerosis (MS) has been suggested in cohorts from Turkey and Israel. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of MEFV mutations in subjects with MS and in...
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