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Familial Mediterranean fever: High gene frequency among the non-Ashkenazic and ashkenazic Jewish populations in Israel

✍ Scribed by Daniels, M. ;Shohat, T. ;Brenner-Ullman, A. ;Shohat, M.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
397 KB
Volume
55
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-7299

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