1. Autoinflammatory diseases: a Latin American multicenter study according to age and sex
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Daniela Gerent Petry Piotto, Katia Kozu, Nádia Emi Aikawa, Pedro Lopes Carneiro, María Martha Katsicas, Sheila Knupp Feitosa de Oliveira, Taciana de Albuquerque Pedrosa Fernandes, Claudia Saad Magalhães, Ana Luiza Garcia Cunha, Blanca Elena Rios Gomes Bica, Carlos Nobre Rabelo Júnior, Cristina Battagliotti, Erica Naomi Naka Matos, Flavia Patrícia Sena Teixeira Santos, Flavio Roberto Sztajnbok, Liliana Bezrodnik, Marcia Bandeira, Marta Cristine Felix Rodrigues, Pablo García Munittis, Simone Appenzeller, Teresa Cristina Martins Robazzi, Gleice Clemente, Clovis Artur Silva, and Maria Teresa Terreri
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Autoinflammatory disease ,Children ,Adolescents ,Familial Mediterranean fever ,Periodic fever ,Pediatrics ,RJ1-570 - Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate autoinflammatory diseases (AID) according to age at diagnosis and sex, and response to therapy in a large population. Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study of a Latin American registry using a designed web system for data storage, collected between 2015 and 2018. Any altered findings during follow-up were recorded. The forms were translated into Portuguese and Spanish, including demographic, clinical, laboratory, genetic and treatment characteristics. Results: We included 152 patients, 51.3% male and 75% Caucasian. The median age at disease onset was 2.1 years (0–15.6 years) and median age at diagnosis 6.9 years (0–21.9 years); 111 (73%) were children (0–9 years old), and 41 (27%) were adolescents and young adults (AYA) (10–21 years old). Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis syndrome (PFAPA) occurred in 46/152 (30%), chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) in 32/152 (21%), and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in 24/152 (15.7%). PFAPA was significantly higher in young children than in AYA (38.7% vs. 7.3%, p
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- 2023
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