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MEFV mutations in Egyptian children with systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Molecular diagnosis & therapy - 1 Oct 2014
Lotfy Hala M, Kandil Manal E, Issac Marianne Samir Makboul, Salah Samia, Ismail Nagwa Abdallah, Abdel Mawla Mohamed A
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA) is a chronic auto-inflammatory disease of childhood, with a complex genetic trait, which is characterized by arthritis associated with systemic manifestations. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is another auto-inflammatory disorder that is monogenic. There are speculations as to whether Mediterranean fever (MEFV) mutations are among...
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