The gene causing familial Mediterranean fever maps to the short arm of chromosome 16 in Druze and Moslem Arab families.
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Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
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Levy
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Gruberg
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Prosen
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Dean
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Pras
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Kastner
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D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D018740:Genetic Heterogeneity; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008126:Lod Score