Familial Mediterranean fever and glomerulonephritis and review of the literature

Akpolat T., Akpolat I., Karagoz F., Yilmaz E., Kandemir B., Ozen S.

RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, vol.24, no.1, pp.43-45, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00296-003-0329-9
  • Journal Name: RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.43-45
  • Keywords: colchicine, familial Mediterranean fever, glomerulonephritis, prednisolone, POLYARTERITIS-NODOSA, RENAL INVOLVEMENT, NEPHROPATHY, AMYLOIDOSIS, VASCULITIS, CHILDREN
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent and self-limited attacks of fever usually accompanied by polyserositis. Amyloidosis is its most common renal complication. A number of reports have shown vasculitic diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa and Henoch-Schonlein purpura affecting the kidney in FMF. Here we present a patient with FMF and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and analyze the data published on these two entities.