Mutation Screening of MEFV and TNF Gene in Pakistani Patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Case Control-Study

Sadia Rehman^1*, Nafees Ahmad¹, Naveed Akhtar², Sooda Usman¹, Saeeda Munir¹, Nusrat Saba¹, Waqar Ahmed³, Asif Mir⁴, Abdul Hameed¹, Aisha Mohyuddin² and Azra Khanum⁵

¹Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering Islamabad, G9/1 Mauve Area, 44000, Pakistan

²Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, H-8 Islamabad, Pakistan

³Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology & National Institute of Heart diseases, the Mall Rawalpindi, Pakistan

⁴International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

⁵Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Shamshahbad Murree road, Rawlpindi, Pakistan

^*Corresponding Author: Dr. Sadia Rehman, Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering Islamabad, G9/1 Mauve Area, 44000, Pakistan, Tel: 92 (51) 9106281, Fax: 92 (51) 9106283 Email: