Bahar Özdemir Ulusoy, Serdar Can Güven, Hakan Babaoğlu, Can Ozan Ulusoy, Berkan Armağan, Esra Kayacan Erdoğan, Yüksel Maraş, İsmail Doğan, Kevser Orhan, Rezan Koçak Ulucaköy, Ebru Atalar, Ahmet Omma, Orhan Küçükşahin, Şükran Erten
AIM: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common inherited autoinflammatory disease in the world. There are known triggers to initiate an FMF attack, yet potential effects of intrauterine devices (IUD) in women of reproductive age have not been evaluated before. METHOD: Consecutive female patients with FMF who ever used IUD over the age of 18 were enrolled. Female patients with FMF were sub grouped according to the type of IUD they use. FMF attack frequency, severity, duration, presence of dysmenorrhea, severity of dysmenorrhea, having attacks during menstruation before and after IUD use were questioned...
March 13, 2024: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics