Abstract İntroduction: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary auto-inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent fever and serosal inflammation. Anti-interleukin-1 (Anti-IL-1) treatments are recommended in colchicine resistant and/or intolerant FMF patients. This study aims to evaluat...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Up to 5% of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) cases are unresponsive to colchicine, through resistance, side effects and toxicity. Anakinra is an alternative treatment for FMF patients whose disease remains uncontrolled with colchicine. We aimed to evaluate anti-interleukin-1 trea...
Familial Mediterranean Fever is a hereditary inflammatory disease of predominantly autosomal recessive
inheritance, produced by mutations in the MEFV gene that is found on the short arm of chromosome 16,
characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleuritis, arthritis or erys...
El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar a los pacientes con fiebre mediterránea familiar (familial Mediterranean fever, FMF) y dolor abdominal crónico resistentes al tratamiento con colchicina. Se incluyó a 48 pacientes diagnosticados en nuestro consultorio de reumatología pediátrica que tenían dol...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Familial Mediterranean fever and celiac disease share some common clinical features such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, arthralgia and arthritis. Also, both of the diseases are associated with many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Previous studies have shown the association betw...
Introdução: Colchicina é a viga-mestra para o tratamento de FFM, que é uma doença autoinflamatória com polisserosite recidivante como principal manifestação. Apesar de doses diárias de 2 mg ou mais/dia, aproximadamente 5%-10% dos pacientes continuam a sofrer de seus ataques. Neste estudo, objeti...
