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Update on the management of colchicine resistant Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF).

Georges El HasbaniAli JawadImad W Uthman
Published in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2019)
Since carriers of FMF show significantly elevated levels of serum TNF alpha, IL-1, and IL-6, FMF patients who failed colchicine were successfully treated with anti IL-1, anti IL-6, or TNF inhibitors drugs. It is best to use colchicine in combination with biologics.
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