The "periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis" (PFAPA) syndrome is a clinical entity that was first recognized by Marshall in 1987 and is characterized by (1) an onset before ...

The rapid response of fever to single doses of corticosteroids or cimetidine (acting as a suppressor of CD8 + T cells) suggests that immune dysregulation may be more likely. Stojanov et al [9 ...

Age at first onset is important diagnostically; recurrent herpetiform ulcers are rare in children under the age of 5 years, 3 while RAS associated with periodic fever syndromes such as periodic fever ...

The following is a summary of “Assessment of Attack Frequency in PFAPA Patients Based on Therapeutic Modalities,” published in the December 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Kalayci et al. Children are ...

Background: The recently described PFAPA (Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and Adenitis) syndrome is characterised by periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis.

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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) Hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome (HIDS) Muckle-Wells syndrome and familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID) ...

Recurrent fevers are seen in pediatric diseases such as familial Mediterranean fever and periodic fever with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis.

Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome: The most common of the periodic fever disorders, this syndrome typically presents in children between the ages of 2 and ...

There are many periodic fever syndromes. Common examples include periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome, familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), and tumor ...