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Common Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene mutations associated with ankylosing spondylitis in Turkish population.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2012
Yigit Serbulent, Inanir Ahmet, Karakus Nevin, Kesici Esra, Bozkurt Nihan
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common inflammatory rheumatic disease. Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene, which has already been identified as being responsible for familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), is also a suspicious gene for AS because of the clinical association of these two diseases. The aim of this study was to explore the frequency and clinical significance of MEFV gene mutations (M694V, M680I, V726A,...
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