Evidences for the need of new Diagnostic Criteria for PFAPA syndrome
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Address: 1UO Pediatria II, G. Gaslini Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, 2Dipartimento di Pediatria, Unità di Immunologia e Reumatologia Pediatrica, Spedali Civili e University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 3Unità di Biostatistica, DISSAL, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, 4Dipartimento A.I. di Pediatria, University of Padua, Padova, Italy, 5Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Roma, Roma, Italy, 6Unità di Pediatria, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy, 7IRCCS Burlo Garofalo, Dipartimento di Pediatria, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy and 8Department of General Pediatrics, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands * Corresponding author
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008