Amyloid goitre in familial mediterranean fever: Report on three patients and review of the literature

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 497-500

  Altiparmak, Mehmet Riza ^a   Pamuk, O N ^a   Pamuk, G E ^a   Apaydin, S ^a   Ataman, R ^a   Serdengecti K ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amyloid goitre; Familial mediterranean fever (FMF); Secondary (systemic) amyloidosis; Thyroid involvement

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; LEVOTHYROXINE; STEROID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; ESTHETICS; EUTHYROIDISM; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; GOITER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CENTER; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0036870644     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670200122     Document Type: Article

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