Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome: A review [PDF]
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021 Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is the most common periodic fever condition in children, with most cases appearing by the age of 5.
Kalpana Manthiram, Greg Licameli
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Piperacillin-tazobactam caused post-trauma patient’s postoperative leukopenia, hypokalemia, and periodic fever: a case report [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency MedicineBackground Piperacillin-tazobactam (PT), a broad-spectrum β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination, is clinically used to treat infections caused by Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. While gastrointestinal adverse effects,
Hong Luo +3 more
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Case Report: PFAPA (Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Cervical Adenitis) Syndrome With a Novel TNFAIP3 Mutation [PDF]
Immunity, Inflammation and DiseaseBackground Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome has been considered as a childhood syndrome. Its etiopathogeny is unknown however, currently considered as auto‐immune inflammatory disease.
Jiewen Deng +3 more
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Solving a diagnostic dilemma in a patient with periodic fever—When the pieces of the puzzle finally fit [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsKey Clinical Message The lack of pediatric subspecialists locally prior to 5 years ago, meant that some of our patients with rare, relapsing conditions were left behind.
Vanita Shukla +7 more
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The use of ketotifen as long-term anti-inflammatory prophylaxis in children with PFAPA syndrome
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 IntroductionPeriodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome (PFAPA) is the most frequent periodic fever syndrome in children. Its pathogenesis is still unknown, but some disease-modifying factors were observed.
Lenka Kapustova +12 more
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Survey about the Quality of Life of Italian Patients with Fabry Disease
Diseases, 2021 Fabry disease (FD) is a genetic disease included in the group of lysosomal storage disorders, caused by X-linked deficiency of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase A.
Barbara Polistena +6 more
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Single Center Experience of Periodic Fever Syndromes
Çocuk Dergisi, 2022 Objective: We aimed to evaluate the patients referred to the pediatric rheumatology outpatient clinic with suspected periodic fever syndromes. Method: Patients diagnosed with periodic fever syndrome in the pediatric rheumatology outpatient clinic between
Şerife Gül Karadağ +3 more
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NOD2-associated granulomatous autoinflammatory syndromes – a short update for clinicians [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 NOD2 (nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-2), a pattern recognition receptor, is involved in innate immune defense against pathogens, intestinal mucosal barrier integrity, gut microbiota composition, autophagy, immune homeostasis and inflammation ...
Laura Damian +7 more
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Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2021 Periodic fever syndromes are heterogeneous diseases. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is one of the hereditary periodic fever diseases caused by a Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene abnormality.
Tomonobu Sato +10 more
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A novel unstable duplication upstream of HAS2 predisposes to a breed-defining skin phenotype and a periodic fever syndrome in Chinese Shar-Pei dogs. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2011 Hereditary periodic fever syndromes are characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and inflammation with no known pathogenic or autoimmune cause. In humans, several genes have been implicated in this group of diseases, but the majority of cases remain ...
Mia Olsson +23 more
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