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Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology 1/2013

Open Access 01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract

PW01-027 – Predictors and survival of FMF related amyloidosis

Authors: E Demirkaya, I Yilmaz, C Acikel, M Saglam, H Unal, M Gok, A Polat, H Cetinkaya, T Eyileten, S Sari, AO Yildirim, Y Oguz, A Vural, JJ Carrero, FMF Arthritis Vasculitis and Orphan disease Research in Pediatric Rheumatology (FAVOR)

Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology | Special Issue 1/2013

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Amiloidosis is most fatal complication of FMF. Former studies recognize that endothelial functions were severely impaired in patients who have amyloidosis than the patients who have other glomerulopathies. Asymmetric dimethyl arginine (ADMA), the endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase is possibly a causative or predictive factor in endothelial dysfunction in humans. …
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Title
PW01-027 – Predictors and survival of FMF related amyloidosis
Authors
E Demirkaya
I Yilmaz
C Acikel
M Saglam
H Unal
M Gok
A Polat
H Cetinkaya
T Eyileten
S Sari
AO Yildirim
Y Oguz
A Vural
JJ Carrero
FMF Arthritis Vasculitis and Orphan disease Research in Pediatric Rheumatology (FAVOR)
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Pediatric Rheumatology / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-11-S1-A80

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