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Correlation genotype-phenotype: MEFV gene mutations and Moroccan patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
The Pan African medical journal - 1 Jan 2022
Missoum Hakima, Adadi Najlae, Alami Mohammed, Toufik Hamza, Bouyahya Abdelhakim, Laarabi Fatima-Zahra, Bachir Fatima, Maghraoui Abdellah El, Bakri Youssef
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Introduction: rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease primarily affecting the joints. Arthritic disorders are associated with mutations of the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene. The aim of this study is to show whether MEFV mutations will be involved in the pathogenesis of RA, to explore the frequency of these mutations and to study the genotype-phenotype correlation between mutations in this...
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