Familial Mediterranean fever and glomerulonephritis and review of the literature

Rheumatology International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-45

  Akpolat, Tekin ^a   Akpolat, Ilkser ^a   Karagoz, Filiz ^a   Yilmaz, Engin ^b   Kandemir, Bedri ^a   Ozen, Seza ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Familial Mediterranean fever; Glomerulonephritis; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTURIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RECTUM BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE;

EID: 0842308716     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0329-9     Document Type: Article

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