PFAPA syndrome is not a sporadic disease

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1984-1987

  Cochard, Marie ^a,b   Clet, Johanna ^c   Le, Lan ^a,b   Pillet, Pascal ^c   Onrubia, Xavier ^d   Guéron, Thierry ^d   Faouzi, Mohammed ^a   Hofer, Michaël ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HUG   (Switzerland)

^c HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^d Pediatric Practice   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auto inflammatory disease; Child; Heredity; Periodic fever

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PFAPA SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHARYNGITIS; RECURRENCE; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956835665     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq187     Document Type: Article

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