PFAPA syndrome in a young adult with a history of tonsillectomy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-225

  Colotto, Marco ^a   Maranghi, Marianna ^a   Durante, Cosimo ^a   Rossetti, Marco ^a   Renzi, Alessandra ^a   Anatra, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

FUO; PFAPA; Pharyngitis; Recurrent fever; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PALATINE TONSILLITIS; PFAPA SYNDROME; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT FEVER; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLECTOMY;

FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551713250     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4421     Document Type: Article

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