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Familial Mediterranean fever-associated diseases in children.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians - 1 May 2017
Özçakar Z B, Çakar N, Uncu N, Çelikel B A, Yalçinkaya F
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BACKGROUND: MEditerranean FeVer (MEFV) gene encodes for the pyrin protein and a mutated pyrin is associated with a prolonged or augmented inflammation. Hence, various diseases were reported to be associated with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) or carriers of MEFV mutations. However, systematic evaluation of all associated diseases in children with FMF has not been done previously. AIM: The aim of this study...
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