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Increased prevalence of MEFV exon 10 variants in Japanese patients with adult-onset Still's disease.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Mar 2015
Nonaka F, Migita K, Jiuchi Y, Shimizu T, Umeda M, Iwamoto N, Fujikawa K, Izumi Y, Mizokami A, Nakashima M, Ueki Y, Yasunami M, Kawakami A, Eguchi K
Abstract excerpt
Autoinflammatory diseases include a large spectrum of monogenic diseases, e.g. familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), as well as complex genetic trait diseases, e.g. adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD). In populations where FMF is common, an increased MEFV mutation rate is found in patients with rheumatic diseases. The aim of this study was to examine MEFV mutations in Japanese patients with AOSD. Genomic DNA was...
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