Vitamin D linked to PFAPA syndrome

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 362-364

  Mahamid, Mahmud ^a   Agbaria, Khaled ^b   Mahamid, Ammad ^a   Nseir, William ^a,c  

^a Israel   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immune disease; PFAPA; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PFAPA SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROAT CULTURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84873526065     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.11.027     Document Type: Article

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