The prevalence of Behcet's syndrome, familial Mediterranean fever, HLA-B51 and MEFV gene mutations among ethnic Armenians living in Istanbul, Turkey

Seyahi, E.; Turanli, E.; Mangan, MEHMET; Celikyapi, G.; Oktay, V.; Cevirgen, D.; Kuzuoglu, D.; Ozoglu, S.; Yazici, H.

The prevalence of Behcet's syndrome, familial Mediterranean fever, HLA-B51 and MEFV gene mutations among ethnic Armenians living in Istanbul, Turkey

Seyahi E., Turanli E. T., Mangan M. S., Celikyapi G., Oktay V., Cevirgen D., ...Daha Fazla

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.28, sa.4, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2010
Dergi Adı: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: We investigated the prevalence of Behcet's syndrome (BS) among the ethnic Armenians in Istanbul using Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) as a comparator disease. We also studied HLA-B51 and MEFV mutations among a group of healthy Armenians and a non-Armenian population.