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Investigation of different genomic variants in familial Mediterranean fever cases with monoallelic MEFV mutation.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Oct 2023
Kocabey Mehmet, Cankaya Tufan, Bayram Meral Torum, Ulgenalp Ayfer, Caglayan Ahmet Okay, Giray Bozkaya Ozlem
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an inflammatory disease characterised by periodic fever and concurrent episodes of serous membrane inflammation. FMF is considered to be inherited in autosomal recessive manner and biallelic mutations in the MEFV gene are associated with the disease. However, approximately 20-25% of patients only have a single mutation in MEFV gene, which creates confusion in...
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