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- Title
Efficacy of anakinra treatment in a patient with colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever.
- Authors
Alpay, Nilüfer; Şumnu, Abdullah; Çalışkan, Yaşar; Yazıcı, Halil; Türkmen, Aydın; Gül, Ahmet
- Abstract
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by self-limited recurrent attacks of fever and serositis. The serious complication of FMF is AA-type amyloidosis, which can result in end-stage renal disease. Although colchicine is effective in the majority of patients, there is no established treatment for those who are resistant or intolerant to colchicine. We herein report the efficacy of anakinra in a 52-year-old Turkish patient with FMF, secondary amyloidosis and renal transplant, who was resistant to colchicine treatment.
- Subjects
CASE studies; FAMILIAL Mediterranean fever; FEVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY diseases; COLCHICINE; KIDNEY transplantation; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Rheumatology International, 2012, Vol 32, Issue 10, p3277
- ISSN
0172-8172
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s00296-010-1474-6