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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 501305, 8 pages
Clinical Genetic Testing of Periodic Fever Syndromes
1Laboratory of Immunopathology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health (IRCCS) “Burlo Garofolo”, 34137 Trieste, Italy
2Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, 34100 Trieste, Italy
Received 25 October 2012; Accepted 12 December 2012
Academic Editor: Ozgur Cogulu
Copyright © 2013 Annalisa Marcuzzi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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