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Prevalence and significance of MEFV gene mutations in patients with sarcoidosis.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 2016
Sever F, Kobak S, Goksel Ö, Goksel T, Orman M, Berdeli A
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OBJECTIVES: Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease. Pyrin has anti-inflammatory activity in the regulation of inflammasomes and is encoded by the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene. MEFV gene mutations trigger the inflammatory cascade and cause familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). A relationship between various rheumatic diseases and MEFV gene mutations has been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to...
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