Background Different diagnostic and classification criteria are available for hereditary
recurrent fevers (HRF)—familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), tumour necrosis factor receptor-…

The syndrome of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis (PFAPA
syndrome) is the most common cause of periodic fever in childhood. The current …

BACKGROUND: Acute hemorrhagic edema is an uncommon leukocytoclastic small-vessel
vasculitis of young children. OBJECTIVE: To determine clinical features and outcome of …

Neonatal lupus erythematosus is an uncommon syndrome, which is caused by transplacental
passage of maternal autoantibodies to Sjögren’s syndrome A or B autoantigens. The …

Objective. CNS or peripheral nervous system dysfunction sometimes occurs in Henoch–Schönlein
patients. Methods. We review all Henoch–Schönlein cases published after 1969 with …

PFAPA syndrome is the most common autoinflammatory syndrome in children from Western
countries. In spite of its strong familial clustering, its genetic basis and inheritance pattern …

Background The emergence of paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally
associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) led to the widespread use of anti-inflammatory …

In the past years, pediatric rheumatology has seen a revolution in the treatments for
rheumatic diseases, particularly juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Even if nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory …

Objectives: During hospitalization in neonatal intensive care units, neonates are exposed to
many painful procedures within a stressful environment. To date, many evidence-based …

Background Diagnosis of Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and Cervical
Adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is currently based on the modified Marshall’s criteria, but no …