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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)
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Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
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. …