Rheumatoid Arthritis and Familial Mediterranean Fever or Sacroiliitis Accompanied by FMF

The coexistence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) has been rarely seen in case reports in the literature. Herein, we wanted to present a patient who had been followed up and treated as RA, but on investigation we concluded that he really had FMF and its joint compla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Şahin, Ali, Yetişgin, Alparslan, Şahin, Mehtap
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/636713
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Sumario:The coexistence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) has been rarely seen in case reports in the literature. Herein, we wanted to present a patient who had been followed up and treated as RA, but on investigation we concluded that he really had FMF and its joint complaints associated with sacroiliitis. Recovery was achieved by etanercept administered as if he was an RA patient.

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