To the editor: Familial Mediterranean fever is a disorder of unknown cause that occurs in
persons of Mediterranean origin, is transmitted in an autosomal recessive fashion and is …

Familial Mediterranean fever is a genetic disorder that occurs in certain ethnic groups (in
descending order of frequency: Sephardic Jews, Armenians, Arabs, Ashkenazic Jews and …

To determine whether colchicine prevents or ameliorates amyloidosis in patients with
familial Mediterranean fever, we followed 1070 patients with the latter disease for 4 to 11 …

Colchicine has been used since 1972 to prevent the acute attacks of familial Mediterranean
fever. The present study shows that colchicine is also effective in the prevention of …

The progression of familial Mediterranean fever is marked by the recurrence, at varying
intervals, of acute flares that regress spontaneously. Prognosis, which depends on the …

Case. A 12-year-old girl was first admitted to the hospital with fever, peripheral oedema and
abdominal pain of 3 days Sir, duration in September 1995. She had a history of recurrent …

Amyloidosis of the kidney is the most threatening complication in familial Mediterranean
fever (FMF), and colchicine has been shown to reduce its occurrence. In the preclinical …

Twenty-one familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients who received a kidney transplant for
terminal renal failure due to amyloidosis were studied retrospectively to evaluate the …

Excerpt The most common cause of death in familial Mediterranean fever is renal failure
secondary to amyloidosis (1). Despite the occurrence of extrarenal amyloidosis in patients …

Objective. To elucidate factors possibly influencing the outcome of colchicine therapy in
patients with amyloidosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Methods. Retrospective …