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Juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus and MEFV polymorphism: A case-control association study among Iranian children.
Reumatologia clinica - 1 Jan 2000
Mohebichamkhorami Fariba, Shiari Reza, Afzali Shervin, Farivar Shirin
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: This study is designed to evaluate the potential influences of Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) gene polymorphism on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a cohort of juvenile patients. A case-control study was performed on Iranian patients with a mixed ethnicity population. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Genotypes of 50 juvenile cases, and 85 healthy controls were investigated for identifying...
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