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IL-18 serum concentration is markedly elevated in typical familial Mediterranean fever with M694I mutation and can distinguish it from atypical type

Takashi YamazakiDepartment of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan;Department of Infection and Host Defense, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tomonari ShigemuraDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Norimoto KobayashiDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Kimiko HondaChildren's Medical Center, Northern Yokohama Hospital, Showa University, Yokohama, Japan
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Masahide YazakiDepartments of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Junya MasumotoDepartment of Pathology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine and Ehime Proteo-medicine Research Center, Toon, Japan
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Kiyoshi MigitaClinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
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Kazunaga AgematsuDepartment of Infection and Host Defense, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan;Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan;Children's Medical Center, Northern Yokohama Hospital, Showa University, Yokohama, Japan
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Pages 315-317 | Received 15 Jul 2014, Accepted 12 Nov 2014, Published online: 22 Dec 2014

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