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Volume 7,Issue 2

Open Access Research Article

Molecular and in Silico Analysis of MEFV Variants in Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients in Southwest Iran

Received: 11 October 2022;  Published: 12 May 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2302181

Abstract

Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is classified as an autoinflammatory genetic disease inherited by mutations in MEFV. These mutations can affect the dysregulation of inflammatory processes in the human body and lead to fever and pain in the chest and abdomen. Many known missense mutations in MEFV are linked to FMF disease. Mutations in MEFV in most cases are located on the short arm of chromosome 16 and can impair the function of t [...]

Open Access Research Article

Relationship between the Severity of Chest CT Scan Lesions, Arterial Oxygenation and Inflammatory Markers in High – Altitude Patients with Covid-19

Received: 01 December 2022;  Published: 19 April 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2302180

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between the severity of lung tomographic compromise with arterial oxygenation and inflammatory markers in patients with COVID-19, and to evaluate the relationship between the CTSS tomographic severity score and the mortality risk in a high-altitude population. A retrospective, longitudinal study reviewed medical records between January and July of 2021 at the Daniel Alcides Carrión Regional Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital in Huancayo. Categorical [...]

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