Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with proteinuria: clinical features, histology, predictors, and prognosis in a cohort of 25 patients.

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Published in J Rheumatol on October 15, 2013

Authors

Olga Kukuy1, Avi Livneh, Aharon Ben-David, Juri Kopolovic, Alexander Volkov, Yael Shinar, Eliezer Holtzman, Dganit Dinour, Ilan Ben-Zvi

Author Affiliations

1: From the Institute of Nephrology and Hypertension, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Heller Institute of Medical Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Department of Pathology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv; The Dr. Pinchas Borenstein Talpiot Medical Leadership Program 2012, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

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