[Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene mutations might be one of the genetic predisposition factors in the development of ARF/RHD since defect in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients is proposed to be heightened inflammatory response to certain stimuli.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE