Characteristics and course of patients with AA Amyloidosis: single center experience with 174 patients from Turkey.

Murat BektasNevzat KocaEmin OguzSelma SariGizem DagciBurak IncePelin Karaca OzerBesim Fazil AgargunYasemin YalcinkayaBahar Artim-EsenLale OcalMurat InancAhmet Gül

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)

FMF patients still constitute the majority of AA-a patients in Turkey. The MEFV genotype and associated inflammatory load may affect the age of onset of AA-a, and earlier diagnosis and stricter follow-up and treatment may delay the progression of the disease.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
oxidative stress