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Familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) mutations and disease severity in systemic lupus erythemato...

Familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) mutations and disease severity in systemic lupus erythemato...

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Familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) mutations and disease severity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): implications for the role of the E148Q MEFV allele in inflammation

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Full title

Familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) mutations and disease severity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): implications for the role of the E148Q MEFV allele in inflammation

Publisher

London, England: SAGE Publications

Journal title

Lupus, 2015-06, Vol.24 (7), p.705-711

Language

English

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Publisher

London, England: SAGE Publications

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Contents

Objective
Observed low prevalence of SLE among familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients in several large cohorts suggests a possible protective effect of the MEFV mutations from SLE. In contrast, SLE patient carriers for the common MEFV mutations had rather complex disease expression with an increased frequency of febrile episodes and pleuris...

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Full title

Familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) mutations and disease severity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): implications for the role of the E148Q MEFV allele in inflammation

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1681266362

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1681266362

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ISSN

0961-2033

E-ISSN

1477-0962

DOI

10.1177/0961203314560203

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