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. 2011 Aug 23;108(34):E525.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1107233108. Epub 2011 Aug 2.

On the road to discovery in periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome

Kelly L Brown, Per Wekell, Anna Karlsson, Stefan Berg
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On the road to discovery in periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome

Kelly L Brown et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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