Ulcerative Colitis and Familial Mediterranean Fever: Can Anakinra Treat Both?
ACG Case Rep J 2019;
6:e00143. [PMID:
31620540 PMCID:
PMC6722364 DOI:
10.14309/crj.0000000000000143]
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Abstract
Anakinra is a biological drug used in rheumatoid arthritis and several autoinflammatory diseases. Its main side effects are injection site reactions and increased infection rate. We present a 28-year-old man with familial Mediterranean fever, whose disease went into remission on anakinra, with concomitant flare of his ulcerative colitis.
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