Familial mediterranean fever gene (MEVF) mutations in Crohn's disease in a Mediterranean area
β Scribed by Maria Concetta Renda; Giuseppe Civitavecchia; Carmelo Fabiano; Piero Sammarco; Mario Cottone
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease prevalent among non-Ashkenazi Jews, Armenians, Arabs, and Turks. The Bedouin are nomad Arab tribes residing in desert margins of the Middle East and Arabia. FMF is quite rare in Bedouins, and here we report on two Bedouin families
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease clinically characterized by recurrent short self-limited attacks of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleurisy, and arthritis and can lead to amyloidosis and renal failure in the longer term. It is prevalent mainly in non-Ashkenazi
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a recessive inherited disorder affecting Sephardic Jews, Arabs, Armenians and Turks. The gene responsible for FMF was recently cloned and several disease-associated mutations have been described. We have evaluated seven MEFV mutations in 460 chromosomes of 230 u