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Egyptian tale from India: application of whole-exome sequencing in diagnosis of atypical familial Mediterranean fever.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Nov 2017
Sandhya Pulukool, Vellarikkal Shamsudheen Karuthedath, Nair Aswin, Ravi Rowmika, Mathew John, Jayarajan Rijith, Kumar Anoop, Verma Ankit, Sivadas Ambily, Danda Debashish, Sivasubbu Sridhar, Scaria Vinod
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Clinical diagnosis of autoinflammatory diseases requires a high degree of clinical suspicion and clinching molecular evidence to substantiate the diagnosis. This is more so in populations with low prevalence of these disorders. In this report, we describe the case of a young man from India with recurrent fever and persistent arthritis. The patient's forefathers were of Egyptian ancestry who practiced...
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