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Familial Mediterranean fever: genotype-phenotype correlations in Japanese patients.
Medicine - 1 May 2014
Migita Kiyoshi, Agematsu Kazunaga, Yazaki Masahide, Nonaka Fumiaki, Nakamura Akinori, Toma Tomoko, Kishida Dai, Uehara Ritei, Nakamura Yoshikazu, Jiuchi Yuka, Masumoto Junya, Furukawa Hiroshi, Ida Hiroaki, Terai Chihiro, Nakashima Yoshikazu, Kawakami Atsushi, Nakamura Tadashi, Eguchi Katsumi, Yasunami Michio, Yachie Akihiro
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease caused by MEditerranean FeVer gene (MEFV) mutations. In Japan, patients with FMF have been previously reported, including a mild or incomplete form. Several factors are presumed to contribute to the variable penetrance and to the phenotypic variability of FMF. We conducted the current study to investigate the correlation of variable clinical...
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