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• Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis — (PFAPA) syndrome is a medical condition, typically starting in young children, in which high fever occurs periodically at intervals of about 3 5 weeks, frequently accompanied by aphthous ulcers, pharyngitis and/or adenitis. The syndrome was… …   Wikipedia

• Periodic fever syndrome — The periodic fever syndromes (also known as autoinflammatory syndromes) are a set of disorders, many of which are genetic disorders in which the mechanisms which initiate and control inflammation are disturbed, leading to uncontrolled… …   Wikipedia

• Periodic fever — Recurrences of fever that last from a few days to a few weeks and are separated by symptom free intervals of varying duration. This pattern of fever can be caused by recurrent infection, malignancy or noninfectious inflammatory disorders.… …   Medical dictionary

• periodic fever — see malaria …   The new mediacal dictionary

• periodic — [pir΄ē äd′ik] adj. [MFr periodique < L periodicus < Gr periodikos] 1. occurring, appearing, or recurring at regular intervals [a periodic fever] 2. occurring from time to time; intermittent 3. of or characterized by periods [the periodic… …   English World dictionary

• Малярия (Malaria, Marsh Fever, Periodic Fever, Paludism), Агью (Ague) — инфекционное заболевание, развивающееся при попадании простейших из рода Plasmodium (P. falciparum, Р. malariae, P. ovale или Р. vivax) в эритроциты крови человека. Болезнь передается через комаров рода Anopheles, причем чаще всего встречается в… …   Медицинские термины

• Dutch type periodic fever — hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome …   Medical dictionary

• hereditary periodic fever syndromes — autoinflammatory diseases …   Medical dictionary

• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary

• fever — pyrexia; n. a rise in body temperature above the normal, i.e. above an oral temperature of 98.6°F (37°C) or a rectal temperature of 99°F (37.2°C). Fever is generally accompanied by shivering, headache, nausea, constipation, or diarrhoea. A rise… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• periodic disease — any condition in which an otherwise healthy person has regularly recurring and intermittent episodes of fever, edema, arthralgia, or stomach pain and vomiting, continuing for years without further development …   Medical dictionary