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      Colchicine Prevents Kidney Transplant Amyloidosis in Familial Mediterranean Fever

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          Twenty-one familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients who received a kidney transplant for terminal renal failure due to amyloidosis were studied retrospectively to evaluate the prophylactic effect of colchicine on graft amyloidosis. Proteinuria, highly suggestive of kidney transplant amyloidosis, developed in 11 patients within a median of 3 years after transplantation (range 0.5-10 years). In 10 patients, repeated urinalyses for protein were negative during a median of 5 years after transplantation (range 1-13). Patients who developed proteinuria or transplant amyloidosis received smaller colchicine doses than patients without proteinuria – mean 0.69 (range 0-1) versus 1.53 (range 1-2) milligrams per day (p = 0.0002), suggesting that colchicine prevents or delays development of transplant amyloidosis. This prophylactic effect of colchicine was complete at a dose of 1.5 mg/day or more and absent at a daily dose of 0.5 mg or less. In patients who received 1 mg/day, individual variability in the response to colchicine was observed. We conclude that the development of amyloidosis of the kidney transplant in FMF is inevitable at a colchicine dose lower than 1 mg/day, unpredictable at 1 mg/day and usually preventable with 1.5 mg/day or more.

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          Journal
          NEF
          Nephron
          10.1159/issn.1660-8151
          Nephron
          S. Karger AG
          1660-8151
          2235-3186
          1992
          1992
          11 December 2008
          : 60
          : 4
          : 418-422
          Affiliations
          Heller Institute of Medical Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Tel Aviv University Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel
          Article
          186801 Nephron 1992;60:418–422
          10.1159/000186801
          1584316
          14e34c44-b487-4019-89ba-eeca5164202e
          © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 16 July 1991
          Page count
          Pages: 5
          Categories
          Original Paper

          Cardiovascular Medicine,Nephrology
          Colchicine,Kidney transplant,Amyloidosis,Familial Mediterranean fever

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