Abstracts tagged "familial Mediterranean fever and treatment options"

Abstract Number: 368 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Opocalcium Colchicine, and Anti-IL1 Treatment in Childhood Colchicine-Resistant Familial Mediterranean Fever
Kenan Barut, Amra Adrovic, Sezgin Sahin, Asli Kaplan and Ozgur Kasapcopur, Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The colchicine-resistant FMF (crFMF) is defined as 6 or more polyserositis attacks in the last year despite the regular usage of colchicine in the…
Abstract Number: 261 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Anakinra Treatment in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Single-Center Experience
Serdal Ugurlu¹, Bilgesu Ergezen² and Huri Ozdogan², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: To review the patients followed in our center with FMF who received anakinra, an anti IL-1 receptor antagonist, because of insufficient colchicine response. Methods: FMF…