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Does enthesopathy relate to M694V gene mutation in patients with Familial Mediterranean fever?
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Nov 2013
Yilmaz Ömer, Kısacık Bünyamin, Ozkan Fuat, Güven Gülçimen, Unlü Elif Nisa, Pehlivan Yavuz, Onat Ahmet Mesut
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a systemic hereditary autoinflammatory disorder. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of enthesitis to FMF and to search the potential association between enthesitis and MEFV gene missense variations in patients with FMF. The study consisted of 72 FMF patients (mean age 29.12 ± 11.47 years, 32 females), 29 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) (mean age...
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