Colchicine is a safe drug in children with familial Mediterranean fever

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1142-1146

  Padeh, Shai ^a   Gerstein, Maya ^a   Berkun, Yackov ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; FMF; Mediterranean fever gene; MEFV

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FEVER GENE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLCHICINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIARRHEA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 84869497737     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.047     Document Type: Article

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