Open AccessFamilial Mediterranean fever - renal involvement by diseases other than amyloid
Author(s) -
Mustafa Tekin,
Fatoş Yalçınkaya,
Necmiye Tümer,
Nilgün Çakar,
H. Koçak,
Nuray Özkaya,
Handan Gençgönül
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/14.2.475
Subject(s) - familial mediterranean fever , medicine , polyarteritis nodosa , amyloidosis , thrombocytosis , vasculitis , purpura (gastropod) , dermatology , henoch schonlein purpura , immunology , disease , platelet , ecology , biology
In patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) renal involvement is usually in the form of AA amyloidosis. There is increasing evidence that renal involvement may be due to diseases other than amyloid as well.
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