Familial Mediterranean fever in the colchicine era: the fate of one family.

doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320450311

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Familial Mediterranean fever in the colchicine era: the fate of one family.

American journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 1993

Zemer D, Livneh A, Pras M, Sohar E

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In order to demonstrate the effect of prophylactic colchicine treatment on the natural history of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), a family is presented with 6 out of 9 siblings affected by FMF. Each patient represents a different stage of the amyloidotic kidney disease of FMF and the effect o...

Topics

Adult
Amyloidosis
Colchicine
Familial Mediterranean Fever
Female
Humans
Kidney Diseases
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Pedigree
Phenotype
Pregnancy

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