Profile of blood cells and inflammatory mediators in periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brown, Kelly L ^a   Wekell, Per ^a,b   Osla, Veronica ^a   Sundqvist, Martina ^a   Sävman, Karin ^a,c   Fasth, Anders ^a,c   Karlsson, Anna ^a   Berg, Stefan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NU Hospital Organization   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 7; SERUM AMYLOID A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PFAPA SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; THROMBOCYTE; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; PHARYNGITIS; SYNDROME;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CELLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 77956457110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-65     Document Type: Article

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