A Case of Amyloidosis Caused by Sporadic Muckle-Wells Syndrome: Response to Treatment With Anakinra.

J Clin Rheumatol

Department of Internal Medicine Ankara University Medical School Ankara, Turkey Department of Rheumatology Yildirim Beyazit University Medical School Ankara, Turkey. Department of Nephrology Ankara University Medical School Ankara, Turkey.

Published: August 2018

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