The pharmacologic basis of treatment with colchicine in children with familial Mediterranean fever

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Rigante, Donato ^a   La Torraca, I ^a   Avallone, L ^a   Pugliese, A L ^a   Gaspari, S ^a   Stabile, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Colchicine; Familial Mediterranean fever

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLCHICINE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NIFEDIPINE; PYRIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MARENOSTRIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALOPECIA; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOSKELETON; DIARRHEA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EFFECTOR CELL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FIBROBLAST; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALABSORPTION; MICROTUBULE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; CHILD; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MUTATION; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLCHICINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MUTATION; PERIODICITY;

EID: 33748574940     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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