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Living kidney transplantation between brothers with unrecognized renal amyloidosis as the first manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever: a case report

BACKGROUND: Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and polyserositis and by the onset of reactive amyloid-associated amyloidosis. Amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever can lead to end-stage renal disease, culminating in k...

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Autores principales: Peces, Ramón, Afonso, Sara, Peces, Carlos, Nevado, Julián, Selgas, Rafael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28859624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12881-017-0457-9