Remission of progressive renal failure in familial Mediterranean fever during colchicine treatment.
Colchicine was administered to a 12 year old girl with familial Mediterranean fever and progressive renal insufficiency. There was immediate resolution of abdominal attacks together with a dramatic fall in the serum creatinine concentration and the degree of proteinuria. At the same time her severely impaired growth was stimulated.
D002648:Child; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology
D003404:Creatinine; D003078:Colchicine