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Can Calprotectin Show Subclinical Inflammation in Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients?
Journal of Korean medical science - 16 Mar 2020
Asan Gökmen, Derin Mehmet Emin, Doğan Halef Okan, Bayram Meliha, Şahin Mehtap, Şahin Ali
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BACKGROUND: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease that has self-limiting inflammatory attacks during polyserositis. Hepcidin is a protein, and interleukin-6 stimulation increases hepcidin levels. Calprotectin (CLP) is a recently defined cytokine released from monocytes and neutrophils in response to tissue trauma and inflammation. There are studies in the literature showing that it can...
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