title: Potential use of procalcitonin concentrations as a diagnostic marker of the PFAPA syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, 5-55, Sotojima-cho, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan. yoshihara.takao@jp.panasonic.com
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Gen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osone
authors.forename: Kanae
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Todo
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satomura
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood*; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide