MEFV gene in a group of FMF patients with no coding region mutations, to identify variations with a possible role in the regulation of MEFV
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1Department of Genetics, Institute for Experimental Medicine; 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine; 3Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, and 4Department of Pediatrics, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. This study was supported by the Istanbul University Research Fund (YOP3-27052004). Duran Üstek, Cumhur Ekmekçi, Başar Oku, Fulya Coşan, Aris Çakiris, Neslihan Abaci, Selda Çelik, Sevil Kamalı, Gülen Hatemi, Özgür Kasapçopur, Huri Özdoğan, Ahmet Gül. Please address correspondence and reprint requests to: Professor Ahmet Gül, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Capa 34390, Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected] Received on February 18, 2008; accepted in revised form on April 24, 2008. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008; 26 (Suppl. 50): S72-S76. © Copyright CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY 2008.
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