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The gene causing familial Mediterranean fever maps to the short arm of chromosome 16 in Druze and Moslem Arab families.
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Pras, E., Aksentijevich, I., Levy, E. et al. The gene causing familial mediterranean fever maps to the short arm of chromosome 16 in Druze and Moslem Arab families. Hum Genet 94, 576–577 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00211032
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