Histologic signs of inflammatory myopathy in familial Mediterranean fever [5]

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 265-266

  Gdynia, Hans Jürgen ^a   Sperfeld, Anne Dorte ^a   Haerter, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; COLCHICINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG PAIN; LETTER; MALE; MEFV GENE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; MYOSITIS;

EID: 33749523431     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000240149.96221.ed     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Soylu A, Kasap B, Turkmen M, et al. Febrile myalgia syndrome in familial Mediterranean fever. J Clin Rheumatol. 2006;12:93-96.
2. The French FMF Consortium. A candidate gene for familial Mediterranean fever. Nat Genet. 1997;17:25-31.
3. Lange-Sperandio B, Mohring K, Gutzler F, et al. Variable expression of vasculitis in siblings with familial Mediterranean fever. Pediatr Nephrol. 2004;19:539-543.
4. Kone Paut I, Dubuc M, Sportouch J, et al. Phenotype-genotype correlation in 91 patients with familial Mediterranean fever reveals a high frequency of cutaneomucous features. Rheumatology. 2000;39:1275-1279.
5. Drenth JP, Van der Meer JW. Hereditary periodic fever. N Engl J Med. 2001;345:1748-1757.
6. Sohar E, Gafni J, Pras M, et al. Familial Mediterranean fever.A survey of 470 cases and review of the literature. Am J Med. 1967;43:227-253.
7. Baker SK, Goodwin S, Monalisa S, et al. Cytoskeletal myotoxicity from simvastatin and colchicine. Muscle Nerve. 2004;30:799-802.
8. Kontos HA. Myopathy associated with chronic colchicine toxicity. N Engl J Med. 1962;166:38-39.