Prague Med. Rep. 2014, 115, 128-133

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2014.43

Acute Hepatitis in a Child Heterozygous for the I259V MEFV Gene Variant

Flora Tzifi1, Philip Hawkins2, Erato Atsali1, Doxa Kotzia1, Achilleas Attilakos1

1Third Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
2National Amyloidosis Center, Division of Medicine, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Received June 11, 2014
Accepted November 18, 2014

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