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Molecular evaluation of 458 patients referred with a clinical diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever in Scandinavia

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    Nanna Cornelius & Morten Duno

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Cornelius, N., Duno, M. Molecular evaluation of 458 patients referred with a clinical diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever in Scandinavia. Rheumatol Int 31, 1531–1533 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-010-1604-1

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