The efficacy of anakinra in an adolescent with colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever
โ Scribed by Lorenzo Calligaris; Federico Marchetti; Alberto Tommasini; Alessandro Ventura
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 167
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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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 a n d the effect of
## Abstract ## Objective To define the frequency of the R92Q tumor necrosis factor receptorโassociated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) mutation in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and to study the role of this mutation in FMF. ## Methods Ninetyโtwo FMF patients and 250 controls were ge