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Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 genotype 4G/5G associates with skin involvement in Armenian familial Mediterranean fever patients.
Rheumatology international - 1 Nov 2024
Kriegshäuser Gernot, Hayrapetyan Hasmik, Oberkanins Christian, Sarkisian Tamara
Abstract excerpt
There is little and conflicting data on the role of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1, SERPINE1) 4G/5G polymorphism in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Therefore this study aimed at evaluating the impact of this polymorphism on the disease course in a cohort of 303 Armenian FMF patients. Genotyping for 12 Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene mutations and the PAI-1 4G/5G (rs1799762) polymorphism were...
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