Behcet's syndrome and familial Mediterranean fever Archives

Abstract Number: 187 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Effect of Colchicine On Cholesterol Levels in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever and Behçet’s Syndrome
SerdaL Ugurlu¹, Emire Seyahi², Idil Hanci³, Huri Ozdogan⁴, Seval Masatlioglu-Pehlivan⁵ and Hasan Yazici⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology,Department of Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Department of Neurology, Krankrenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Haydarpasa Numune Research and Education Hospital, MD,Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: We and others have previously shown that patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) had low cholesterol levels when compared to healthy controls (1-2). The…

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