Rheumatology · Rheumatology / Autoinflammatory disease
Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome
also: PFAPA syndrome
Recurrent fever in young children.
- Specialty
- Rheumatology
- Subspecialty
- Rheumatology / Autoinflammatory disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected, slightly more; Female: affected; Children: yes, before age 5
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- PFAPA syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Dysregulated innate immunity.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (4)
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