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An Underlooked Cause of Periodic Fever (PFAPA) in an Adult Patient with No Response to Tonsillectomy
Periodic fever with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) is an autoinflammatory disease manifested as recurrent febrile episodes associated with one of the following cardinal features: aphthous ulceration, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis. It was initially described in children a...
Autores principales: | Alam, Fiaz, Hammoudeh, Mohammed |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5954889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854539 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6580835 |
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