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Anakinra use during pregnancy: Report of a case with Familial Mediterranean Fever and infertility

Volume 4 · Issue 1 Publish Date: September 3, 2019
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Ufuk İlgen
Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara University School of Medicine, İbn-i Sina Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Orhan Küçükşahin
Department of Rheumatology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Medical School, Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
İlgen, U., & Küçükşahin, O. (2019). Anakinra use during pregnancy: Report of a case with Familial Mediterranean Fever and infertility. European Journal of Rheumatology, 4(1), 66–67. https://doi.org/10.5152/eurjrheum.2017.16075
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Abstract

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), affecting people of Mediterranean origin, is an endemic and sometimes problematic disease because of colchicine resistance/intolerance, with relative lack of treatment alternatives, and disease- or treatment-related issues, such as subfertility. Anakinra, being a rational and effective treatment alternative, has no conclusive human pregnancy data. Here we report a case of FMF with infertility who became pregnant with in vitro fertilization (IVF) under treatment with anakinra, along with the pregnancy outcome.

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Journal European Journal of Rheumatology
Volume / Issue Volume 4 · Issue 1
Pages 66-67
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Published Online September 3, 2019
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Ufuk İlgen
Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara University School of Medicine, İbn-i Sina Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Orhan Küçükşahin
Department of Rheumatology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Medical School, Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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İlgen, U., & Küçükşahin, O. (2019). Anakinra use during pregnancy: Report of a case with Familial Mediterranean Fever and infertility. European Journal of Rheumatology, 4(1), 66–67. https://doi.org/10.5152/eurjrheum.2017.16075
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