ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 941 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Fadime Canbolat1, Gulsen Ozen2, Selma Ozilhan1, Samet Gulturk3, Ayse Ozcetin4, Ali Ugur Unal2, Nevsun Inanc2, Pamir Atagunduz2, Haner Direskeneli2 and Tuncel Ozden1, 1Department of Pharmacology, Uskudar University Pharmacogenetic Laboratory, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey, 4Department of Neuroscience, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Colchicine is the mainstay of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) treatment that reduces the frequency of attacks and prevents amyloidosis in the majority of patients. Colchicine,…