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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
PW01-003 – Frequency of MEFV mutations in Turkish population
Authors:
F Yalcinkaya, A Duzova, S Gonen, B Ozcakar, E Baskin, O Ozkaya, O Soylemezoglu
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Data on the epidemiology of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and the prevalence of disease causing mutations among different ethnic groups and geographical regions around the world are insufficient. The prevalence of mutations that account for FMF in Turkey has been defined in the past by determining the frequency of MEFV mutations in affected individuals or in hospital-based controls. This study is a population-based study and is, therefore, different from previous patient-based studies. …