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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)-associated amyloidosis in childhood. Clinical features, course and outcome.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Cakar N, Yalçinkaya F, Ozkaya N, Tekin M, Akar N, Koçak H, Misirlioğlu M, Akar E, Tümer N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disorder of childhood characterized by attacks of fever and serositis. Renal amyloidosis is the most important complication of the disease that determines the prognosis. METHODS: Forty-eight Turkish FMF patients with amyloidosis who have been followed at the two hospitals in Ankara were included in this study. RESULTS: All patients with...
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