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Atypical Familial Mediterranean Fever Complicated with Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis Diagnosed due to Paroxysmal Arthralgia and Intractable Diarrhea, Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab

A 53-year-old man with recurrent episodes of large joint pain and a low-grade fever at irregular intervals for 16 years developed right knee and ankle arthralgia, watery diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Following an ileum and colon biopsy, he was diagnosed with gastrointestinal amyloidosis. We suspecte...

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Autores principales: Aikawa, Erika, Shimizu, Toshimasa, Koga, Tomohiro, Endo, Yushiro, Umeda, Masataka, Hori, Tomoko, Irie, Junji, Kuroda, Kishio, Eguchi, Mizuna, Okamoto, Momoko, Tsuji, Sosuke, Takatani, Ayuko, Igawa, Takashi, Sumiyoshi, Remi, Kawashiri, Shin-ya, Iwamoto, Naoki, Ichinose, Kunihiro, Tamai, Mami, Nakamura, Hideki, Origuchi, Tomoki, Kawakami, Atsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6630114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30713308
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2277-18

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