Can colchicine response be predicted in familial Mediterranean fever patients?

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ÖZÇAKAR Z. B., ELHAN A. H., Yalcinkaya F.

RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.53, no.10, pp.1767-1772, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu138
  • Journal Name: RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1767-1772
  • Keywords: colchicine, familial Mediterranean fever, paediatric, FREQUENCY, DIAGNOSIS, MUTATION, CRITERIA
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives. The aims of this study were to explore whether the demographic and clinical features of paediatric familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients with different colchicine response vary or not and to determine whether colchicine response can be predicted in FMF patients.