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Indirect evaluation of amyloid deposition by ultrasonography and its relationship with MEFV gene mutation in FMF patients.
Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU - 1 May 2023
Urfali Mine, Yilmaz Gürkan, Özkul Bahattin, Urfali Furkan Ertürk
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OBJECTIVE: The most significant complication in familial mediterranean fever (FMF) patients is dysfunction and organ failure developing depending on amyloid deposition in organs. The golden standard for showing amyloid deposition is the biopsy; however, tissue stiffness was examined by shear wave elastography as a non-invasive method in a restricted number of studies conducted, and it is considered that amyloid...
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