PFAPA flares observed during COVID outbreak: can emotional stress trigger PFAPA attacks? A multicenter cohort study

• Main Authors: Yoel Levinsky (Author), Yonatan Butbul Aviel (Author), Sabreen Abu Ahmad (Author), Mor Broide (Author), Yulia Gendler (Author), Neta Dagan (Author), Michal Gafner (Author), Hadar Gavra (Author), Shelly Kagan (Author), Kfir Kedar (Author), Hamada Mohammad Natour (Author), Rotem Tal (Author), Tamar Veres (Author), Gil Amarilyo (Author), Liora Harel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective It is common knowledge among clinicians who treat PFAPA (Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis) patients that emotional stress can trigger PFAPA attacks similarly to other autoinflammatory diseases. However, it has never been proved scientifically. Our aim was...