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Isabel Cristina Ramos Melo Sampaio1, Maria João Rodrigo, José Gonçalo Duque Pereira Monteiro Marques.
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PFAPA syndrome (periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis) is a benign sporadic syndrome of unknown cause. We report 2 siblings diagnosed with this syndrome. The second case started crisis simultaneously with recurrence of crisis after a 3-year free interval in her brother. This temporal relation suggests environmental factor acting in genetically predisposed children.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19209090 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818c8ea5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129