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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
PW01-031 – Treatment of FMF in middle and old age
Author:
A Ayvazyan
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Current recommendations for the treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) are based largely on the observation of FMF patients receiving colchicine therapy in childhood and young age. The adequate colchicine therapy led to more and more patients survive to that age. In addition, there are national peculiarities of FMF. For example, in Armenia, even before the massive use of colchicine therapy, many patients survived to middle and old age. …