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Case Report

A case of familial Mediterranean fever associated with compound heterozygosity for the pyrin variant L110P-E148Q/M680I in Japan

Koichi OshimaLaboratory for Immunogenomics, Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, RIKEN, Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kazuko YamazakiDepartment of Infection and Host Defense, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Yoichi NakajimaDepartment of Pediatrics, Toyokawa City Hospital, Toyokawa, Japan
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Akari KobayashiDepartment of Pediatrics, Toyokawa City Hospital, Toyokawa, Japan
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Tomochika KatoDepartment of Pediatrics, Toyokawa City Hospital, Toyokawa, Japan
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Osamu OharaLaboratory for Immunogenomics, Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, RIKEN, Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan;Department of Human Genome Technology, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Japan
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Kazunaga AgematsuDepartment of Infection and Host Defense, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Pages 193-195 | Received 18 Aug 2009, Accepted 23 Oct 2009, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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