Familial Mediterranean fever--linkage studies with genetic markers on chromosome 6.

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Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease manifested by recurrent short episodes of fever associated with polyserositis. Although the biochemical defect is unknown, there are several immunologic abnormalities which have been described in this disease. To examine critically whether there is linkage between FMF and the immunogenetic region (major histocompatibility complex-MHC) on...

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