Cardiac and intestinal amyloidosis in a renal transplant recipient with familial Mediterranean fever

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-127

  Yildiz, Alaattin ^a   Akkaya, Vakur ^a   Kiliçaslan, Işin ^a   Türkmen, Aydin ^a   Görçin, Bilal ^a   Atilgan, Dursun ^a   Sever, Mehmet S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Cardiac involvement; Familial Mediterranean fever; Periodic disease; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROPATHY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PERIODICITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECIPIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 0035033793     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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