A case of adult periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome associated with endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 33-36

  Cazzato, Massimiliano ^a   Neri, Rossella ^a   Possemato, Niccolo ^a   Puccini, Rodolfo ^a   Bombardieri, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoinflammatory diseases; Glomerulonephritis; Periodic fever

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDOCAPILLARY PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PFAPA SYNDROME; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT FEVER; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STOMATITIS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEVER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PERIODICITY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NECK; PERIODICITY; PHARYNGITIS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883679774     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1420-8     Document Type: Article

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