PFAPA syndrome in children: A meta-analysis on surgical versus medical treatment

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1203-1208

  Peridis, Stamatios ^a   Pilgrim, Gemma ^a   Koudoumnakis, Emmanouel ^b   Athanasopoulos, Ioannis ^b   Houlakis, Michael ^b   Parpounas, Konstantinos ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Comparative; Medical; Periodic fever; PFAPA; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIMETIDINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOIDECTOMY; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTHRALGIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; META ANALYSIS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PFAPA SYNDROME; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CIMETIDINE; FEVER; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; PHARYNGITIS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 77957755043     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.08.014     Document Type: Review

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