Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever and result of treatment with Dapsone

SEX	Age	Before colchicine				After colchicine				After dapsone
		Period of attack	Duration	Severity	Age at onset of colchicine	Dosage of colchicine	Period of pain	Duration	Severity	Dosage of dapsone	Lengthy of dapsone therapy	Number of attacks	Severity
M	6yr	7-10 days	72 - 96 hr	10	1. 5yr	0. 5mg BID	2 times in 4. 5 years	3 -4 hr	10	30 mg daily	3Mo & 17day	1time	10
													10
F	8yr	2 day	1 -2 hr	10	3. 5yr	0. 5mg BID	2-3 times in month	0. 5 – 1 hr	7	50mg daily	3Mo & 17day	1time	10
F	5yr	At first : 30 days Then: 3-8 days	o. 5 – 24 hr	10	1. 5yr	0. 5mg BID	NO	NO	NO	25mg daily	7 day	1time	10
													10
F	7yr	Variable	3 -12 hr	9	2yr	0. 5mg daily	NO	NO	NO	50mg daily	14 day	2times	10
													10
M	6yr	7 days	24 hr	7 - 8	2yr	0. 5mg daily	2 times in 4 years	12 hr	7 - 8	30 mg daily	< 7 day	NO	NO
M	10yr	20 -30 days	24 hr	9	4yr	0. 5mg BID	NO	NO	NO	50mg daily	9 Mo	NO	NO
													NO
F	7yr	15 – 20 days	3 -4 hr	10	5yr	0. 5mg daily	2 – 3/month	72 hr	3	50mg daily	10 Mo	NO	NO
F	7yr	14 days	More than 96 hr	10	4yr	0. 5mg BID	NO	NO	NO	50mg daily	6Mo & 8 day	NO	NO
M	8yr	14 days	48hr	10	6yr	0. 5mg daily	2 times in 2 years	48 – 72 hr	5 - 6	50mg daily	9Mo	NO	NO
F	9yr	7 days	8 -9 hr	6	2yr	0. 5mg BID	No / pain Fever occasionally	NO	NO	50mg daily	9Mo	No attack*	NO

^*but some febrile attacks without abdominal pain M: Male / F: Female