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A comprehensive comparison between pediatric and adult patients with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenopathy (PFAPA) syndrome.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Feb 2017
Rigante Donato, Vitale Antonio, Natale Marco Francesco, Lopalco Giuseppe, Andreozzi Laura, Frediani Bruno, D'Errico Francesca, Iannone Florenzo, Cantarini Luca
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Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenopathy (PFAPA) syndrome is a mysterious disorder characterized by periodically recurrent fevers, oropharyngeal inflammation, and adenitis, which mainly affects children, though in very recent times, it has been also recognized in adulthood. We enrolled 115 unrelated pediatric and adult patients with history of periodic fevers who fulfilled the...
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