Two Sisters with Colchicine-Resistant form of Familial Mediterranean Fever on the Canakinumab Therapy: Clinical Case

Two Sisters with Colchicine-Resistant form of Familial Mediterranean Fever on the Canakinumab Therapy: Clinical Case

Background. Colchicine-resistant cases of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) are associated with high risk of kidney amyloidosis and severe episodes of the disease with pyretic fever, arthritis, pleurisies, pericarditis. It is difficult to achieve disease control in colchicine-resistant patients and...

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Main Authors: Elena A. Ligostaeva, Nadezhda A. Tsurikova, Irina A. Tsiganok, Nataliya N. Kobzeva, Vadim Yu. Avdeenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: "Paediatrician" Publishers LLC 2020-01-01
Series:Вопросы современной педиатрии
Subjects:
children
familial mediterranean fever
clinical case
periodic disease
colchicine
canakinumab
interleukin-1
disease activity
adverse effect
Online Access:https://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/2234

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