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ArticleClinical journal of gastroenterology2021

Mediterranean fever gene-associated enterocolitis in an elderly Japanese woman.

Yasuhiro Shibata, Keisuke Ishigami, Tomoe Kazama, Toshiyuki Kubo, Hiro-O Yamano, Shintaro Sugita, Masaki Murata, Hiroshi Nakase

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Article in Clinical journal of gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yasuhiro ShibataDepartment of Gastroenterology, Keiyukai Dai 2 Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Keisuke IshigamiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1, W16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan. kishigami@sapmed.ac.jp.
Tomoe KazamaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1, W16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan.
Toshiyuki KuboDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1, W16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan.
Hiro-O YamanoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1, W16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan.
Shintaro SugitaDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Masaki MurataDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Tokeidai Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Hiroshi NakaseDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1, W16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan.
Sapporo Medical University · JPKeiyukai Sapporo Hospital · JPTokeidai Memorial Hospital · JP

Funding

AMED 19ek0410057h0001Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18H02799
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 86-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with anemia. She had never experienced symptoms of serositis. Colonoscopy revealed colitis with erosions and a friable mucosa. First, she was diagnosed with unclassified inflammatory bowel disease (IBD-U). We suspected familial Mediterranean fever as a differential diagnosis of IBD-U, and MEFV gene analysis showed heterozygosity for Exon2 R202Q. The patient was treated with colchicine 0.5 mg. After 4 months, a follow-up colonoscopy showed remarkable improvement of the mucosal inflammation throughout the entire colon. MEFV gene-associated enterocolitis responding to colchicine may be observed in patients with IBD-U and elucidating the role of MEFV gene mutations in intestinal inflammation is a future challenge.

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EnterocolitisFamilial Mediterranean FeverPyrinAged, 80 and overColchicineFemaleHumansJapanMutationColchicineMEFV protein, humanPyrinColchicineFamilial Mediterranean feverInflammatory bowel diseaseUlcerative colitis

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PMID34427863
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