PFAPA syndrome as an hereditary autoinflamatory disorder
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PFAPA syndrome as an hereditary autoinflamatory disorder
Introduction PFAPA syndrome (periodic fever, aphtous stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis) is an autoinflammatory disease, for which no genetic marker has been identified yet, and its etiology remains unknown. However, the clinical and biochemical similarities to other autoinflammatory conditions, including Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), suggest that a genetic impairment might constitute the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Rheumatology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-13-s1-p198