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Query: UMLS:C0018099 (
gout
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Colchicine is a substance derived from the Colchicum Autumnale plant, its pharmacological uses have been demonstrated over the years. Initially used for the treatment of acute
gout
, it has been utilized for a wide variety of diseases, including mediterranean familial fever, alcoholic, posthepatitic and primary
biliary liver cirrhosis
. We have demonstrated in different studies that colchicine reduces markedly mortality rates in cirrhotics and the levels of interleukin-1 in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.
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PMID:[Colchicine: rationale for its use in liver disease]. 1925 45
