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  • Title: Dialysis in renal failure casued by amyloidosis of familial Mediterranean fever. A report of ten cases.
    Author: Ari JB, Zlotnik M, Oren A, Berlyne GM.
    Journal: Arch Intern Med; 1976 Apr; 136(4):449-51. PubMed ID: 178285.
    Abstract:
    Ten unselected patients with renal failure casued by amyloidosis associated with FMF were treated by regular hemodialysis therapy from 1969 to 1974. They were compared to age-matched control patients treated by hemodialysis in the same unit during the same period, who were suffering from renal failure caused by other disease. Mortality in FMF and control patients was 30% with no significant difference in mean survival, shunt life, serum albumin or hemoglobin levels between the two groups. There was no significant difference in blood pressure measured predialysis or postdialysis in patients with FMF or in controls. The synthetic ACTH stimulation test showed adequate or elevated adrenocortical function. It is concluded that life can be prolonged up to 3 1/2 years by hemodialysis in renal failure caused by amyloidosis complicating FMF, and that renal failure casued by FMF is not a contraindication to regular hemodialysis therapy.
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