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Evidence of digenic inheritance in autoinflammation-associated genes.
Journal of genetics - 1 Dec 2016
Neocleous Vassos, Byrou Stefania, Toumba Meropi, Costi Constantina, Shammas Christos, Kyriakou Christina, Christophidou-Anastasiadou Violetta, Tanteles George A, Hadjipanayis Adamos, Phylactou Leonidas A
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) has traditionally been considered as a monogenic autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the MEFV gene with highest incidence among Mediterranean populations. In a considerable number of patients with typical FMF, only one MEFV mutation was identified and the possibility that more than one autoinflammatory gene may be responsible for their disease was investigated....
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