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      Evidence for recent selection of the CCR5-Δ32 deletion from differences in its frequency between Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews 

      Maayan, S.; Zhang, L.; Shinar, E.; Ho, J.; He, T.; Manni, N.; Kostrikis, Leontios G.; Neumann, A. U. (2000)
      Recent studies have shown higher frequencies of the CCR5-Δ32 allele and the CCR5-A32/Δ32 genotype, which confers protection against HIV infection, in northern Europe as compared to Mediterranean countries. Here, we analyse ...
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      Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) mutations occur frequently in the Greek-Cypriot population of Cyprus 

      Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Mean, R.; Rossou, Elena; Costi, Constantina Eleni; Koupepidou, P.; Hadjiyanni, I.; Koptides, Michael; Hadjiroussos, V.; Petrou, P.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Lamnissou, Klea; Koptides, M. (2002)
      Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease of high prevalence within Mediterranean countries and particularly common in four ethnic populations: Arabs, non-Ashkenazi Jews, Armenians, and Turks. ...
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      Familial Mediterranean fever associated pyrin mutations in Greece 

      Print Email Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos; Kanta, Alexandra; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Atamian, V.; Mavrogianni, D.; Tzioufas, A. G.; Kollainis, I.; Ritis, K.; Moutsopoulos, H. M. (2003)
      Objective: To search for pyrin mutations associated with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Greece. Patients and methods: 62 patients fulfilling the Tel Hashomer diagnostic criteria for definite (33) or probable (29) ...