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SUBMITTER: Fujikura K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521964 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine 20150405 4
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied by sterile peritonitis, arthritis, and pleuritis. Many mutations in the MEFV gene have been identified as causing FMF. However, accompanying epidemiological information remains quite scarce except in some Mediterranean countries, and the degree of penetrance has been a subject of controversy. Here, I established a genetic epidemiology of full FMF mutations using two population exo ...[more]