Periodic fever, apthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-584

  Caorsi, Roberta ^a   Pelagatti, Maria Antonietta ^a   Federici, Silvia ^a   Finetti, Martina ^a   Martini, Alberto ^a   Gattorno, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

autoinflammatory diseases; differential diagnosis tonsillectomy; periodic fever; PFAPA

Indexed keywords

APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; PFAPA SYNDROME; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT FEVER; REVIEW; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TONSILLECTOMY; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; LYMPHADENITIS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; PHARYNGITIS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORTICOSTEROID;

EID: 77955171610     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e32833cc9cb     Document Type: Review

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