Colchicine in the Prevention and Treatment of the Amyloidosis of Familial Mediterranean Fever
- 17 April 1986
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 314 (16), 1001-1005
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198604173141601
Abstract
To determine whether colchicine prevents or ameliorates amyloidosis in patients with familial Mediterranean fever, we followed 1070 patients with the latter disease for 4 to 11 years after they were advised to take colchicine to prevent febrile attacks.Keywords
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