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Prevention of amyloidosis in familial Mediterranean fever with colchicine: a case-control study in Armenia.
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre - 1 Jan 2009
Sevoyan Maria K, Sarkisian Tamara F, Beglaryan Ara A, Shahsuvaryan Gohar R, Armenian Haroutune K
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether or not the use of colchicine decreases the risk of amyloidosis among Armenian patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study included 99 Armenian patients from the Center of Medical Genetics database with genetically ascertained FMF; 33 had renal amyloidosis and 66 were randomly selected control patients without renal amyloidosis. Self- reported...
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