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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P03-001 - PFAPA and MEFV genes
Authors:
F Salehzadeh, M Vahedi, S Jahangiri, S Hosseiniasl
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
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. …