Consensus treatment plans for periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome (PFAPA): a framework to evaluate treatment responses from the childhood arthritis and rheumatology research alliance (CARRA) PFAPA work group

• Main Authors: Gil Amarilyo (Author), Deborah Rothman (Author), Kalpana Manthiram (Author), Kathryn M. Edwards (Author), Suzanne C. Li (Author), Gary S. Marshall (Author), Cagri Yildirim-Toruner (Author), Kathleen Haines (Author), Polly J. Ferguson (Author), Geraldina Lionetti (Author), Julie Cherian (Author), Yongdong Zhao (Author), Patricia DeLaMora (Author), Grant Syverson (Author), Simona Nativ (Author), Marinka Twilt (Author), Ian C. Michelow (Author), Yuriy Stepanovskiy (Author), Akaluck Thatayatikom (Author), Liora Harel (Author), Shoghik Akoghlanian (Author), Lori Tucker (Author), Mariana Correia Marques (Author), Hemalatha Srinivasalu (Author), Evan J. Propst (Author), Greg R. Licameli (Author), Fatma Dedeoglu (Author), Sivia Lapidus (Author), for the CARRA PFAPA Consensus Treatment Plan Workgroup (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is the most common periodic fever syndrome in children. There is considerable heterogeneity in management strategies and a lack of evidence-based treatment guidelines. Consensus treatment pla...