Abstracts tagged "AA-amyloidosis and familial Mediterranean fever"

Abstract Number: 2749 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Amyloidosis and Its Related Factors In Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Nationwide Multicenter Study
Timucin Kasifoglu¹, Sule Yasar¹, Ismail Sari², Dilek Solmaz², Soner Senel³, Hakan Emmungil⁴, Levent Kilic⁵, Sibel Yilmaz Oner⁶, Fatih Yildiz⁷, Sedat Yilmaz⁸, Muhammet Cinar⁹, Duygu Ersozlu Bakirli¹⁰, Muge Aydin Tufan¹¹, Sema Yilmaz¹², Veli Yazisiz¹³, Yavuz Pehlivan¹⁴, Cemal Bes¹⁵, Gozde Yildirim Cetin¹⁶, Sukran Erten¹⁷, Emel Gonullu¹, Tuncer Temel¹⁸, Servet Akar², Kenan Aksu⁴, Umut Kalyoncu⁵, Haner Direskeneli¹⁹, Eren Erken¹¹, Bunyamin Kisacik²⁰, Mehmet Sayarlioglu²¹ and Cengiz Korkmaz²², ¹Rheumatology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Kayseri Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey, ⁴Rheumatology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Rheumatology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Rheumatology, Cukurova University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, ⁸Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁹Rheumatology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey, ¹¹Rheumatology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Selcuk University School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey, ¹³Rheumatology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Uludag University, School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Bolu Izzet Baysal School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Kahramanmaras University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁸Gastroenterology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁰Rheumatology, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey, ²¹Rheumatology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey, ²²Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disease that occurs worldwide and predominantly affects the populations arising from the Mediterranean origin. Secondary…