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. 2009 Jan 28;17(7):890–896. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.253

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Questionnaire on the laboratories activity and results of the survey. The empty questionnaire was sent by email as an attached excel file to the laboratories identified through various web sources. Results obtained after the survey are shown for each item. For the screening methods, the sum exceeds 100% as several laboratories combined various molecular approaches. The commercial kits used for FMF testing were the FMF StripAssay (ViennaLab Diagnostics GmbH, Vienna, Austria), N=17 and the PRONTO FMF Screen™, Pronto Diagnostics Ltd, Rehovot, Israel), N=1. MEFV: Mediterranean fever, MVK: mevalonate kinase, TNFRSF1A: TNF receptor superfamily member 1A, NLRP3: NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3, DHPLC: denaturing high performance liquid chromatography, DGGE: denaturing gel gradient electrophoresis, ARMS: amplification refractory mutation system, RFLP: restriction fragment length polymorphisms.