Immunosuppressive treatment of AA amyloidosis of familial Mediterranean fever

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4 SUPPL 38, 2005, Pages

  Korkmaz, Cengiz ^a,b  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; PREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; SERUM AMYLOID A;

AA AMYLOIDOSIS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CUTANEOUS VASCULITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYSIPELAS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX PAIN; VASCULITIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; AZATHIOPRINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644793924     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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