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Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology 1/2013

Open Access 01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract

P03-001 - PFAPA and MEFV genes

Authors: F Salehzadeh, M Vahedi, S Jahangiri, S Hosseiniasl

Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology | Special Issue 1/2013

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Marshall Syndrome or PFAPA is an inflammatory periodic disease characterized by periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis. Restless, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, hepatosplenomegaly and arthralgia are less common symptoms seeing in this disease. The diagnosis is established on the basis of clinical criteria that require the presence of a recurrent fever of early onset (<5 years) and ≥1 of the 3 associated symptoms (aphthosis, cervical adenitis, and pharyngitis), in the absence of upper respiratory tract infections and cyclic neutropenia. …
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Title
P03-001 - PFAPA and MEFV genes
Authors
F Salehzadeh
M Vahedi
S Jahangiri
S Hosseiniasl
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Pediatric Rheumatology / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-11-S1-A196

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