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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
PW03-009 – Genetics of PFAPA syndrome
Authors:
L Broderick, D Carvalho, A Magit, W Jiang, S Leuin, M Bothwell, D Kearns, S Pransky, HM Hoffman
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and Adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is an autoinflammatory disorder of childhood and little is known about the underlying etiology. While mutations involving the IL-1 pathway have been identified in other recurrent fever disorders, including TNF-receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) and cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS), PFAPA syndrome is not traditionally considered to be a hereditary fever disorder. …