C-reactive protein and procalcitonin during febril attacks in PFAPA syndrome

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1145-1147

  Yazgan, Hamza ^a   Keleş, Esengül ^a   Yazgan, Zerrin ^b   Gebeşçe, Arzu ^a   Demirdöven, Mehmet ^a  

^a Sema Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Umut Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; PFAPA syndrome; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PFAPA SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEREDITARY AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASES; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84862763269     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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