Syndrome of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) in siblings

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1235-1237

  Valenzuela, Patricia M ^a   Majerson, Daniela ^a   Tapia, Jose L ^a   Talesnik, Eduardo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Periodic fever; PFAPA in siblings; PFAPA syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXUDATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MALE; PFAPA SYNDROME; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL DISEASE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; SIBLINGS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 69949145563     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1222-z     Document Type: Article

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