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Prevalence of MEFV gene mutations in a large cohort of patients with suspected familial Mediterranean fever in Central Anatolia.
Annals of Saudi medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Yildirim Malik Ejder, Kurtulgan Hande Kucuk, Ozdemir Ozturk, Kilicgun Hasan, Aydemir Didem S, Baser Burak, Sezgin Ilhan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), an autosomal recessive, autoinflammatory disease that is common in Arabs, Jews, Armenians and Turks, is caused by mutations in the MEFV gene, which encodes a protein called pyrin. The disease is characterised by recurrent fever, peritonitis, pleuritis, abdominal pain and arthralgia. OBJECTIVE: Determine the distributions of MEFV mutations and their relationship with...
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