Article
[Familial Mediterranean fever: not to be missed].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 1 Jan 2013
Frenkel Joost, Bemelman Frederike J, Potter van Loon Bert-Jan, Simon Anna
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is common among Turkish and Moroccan migrants. We describe three patients with FMF. A 3-year-old girl with recurrent fever and abdominal pain who was diagnosed early with FMF and treated effectively with colchicine. An adolescent girl who required interleukin (IL)-1 blockade to achieve disease remission. And a 37-year-old woman in whom the attacks of FMF had not been recognised,...
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