Adult-onset periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis [2]

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-

  Cavuoto, Marie ^a   Bonagura, Vincent R ^a  

^a North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMOTIDINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOUTH ULCER; NAUSEA; ONSET AGE; PFAPA SYNDROME; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 39049090632     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60428-0     Document Type: Letter

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