RECURRENT ASEPTIC ENCEPHALITIS IN PERIODIC FEVER, APHTHOUS STOMATITIS, PHARYNGITIS AND ADENOPATHY (PFAPA) SYNDROME
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Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome.
Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome, the most common periodic disorder of childhood, presents with the cardinal symptoms of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis typically before age 5. This review presents the recent literature on PFAPA and summarizes key findings in the pathogenesis, evaluation, and treatment of the disease....
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0891-3668
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000215233.17651.12