PFAPA and SURF Syndrome
PFAPA : Periodic fever with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) is the most common periodic fever syndrome of childhood. In contrast to the monogenic periodic fever syndromes, the genetic defect(s) in PFAPA have not yet been identified.
SURF : In the last few years, a subgroup of patients has been identified presenting with the typical features of recurrent inflammatory fevers, but they present no pathological variants in the genes associated with hereditary recurrent fevers (such as MEFV, MVK, TNRSF1A, NLRP3) and do not fulfil any of the current PFAPA clinical criteria.
Who we are
We are a group of worldwide rheumatologists pediatricians specialized in
PFAPA and SURF diseases.
Michael Hofer, CH
CliPS Chair and WG Leader
Mariana Rodrigues, PT
CliPS & WG Science communication officer
Natasa Toplak, SI
Vice WG Leader
Caroline Vinit, FR
WG Repository officer
Ezgi Deniz Batu, TR
WG Grant awarding officer
Marco Gattorno, IT
WG Registry officer
How to participate ?
You are interested in CliPS ?
You can get involved at 2 different levels :
Answer our questionnaires
Share your experience through the CliPS questionnaire.
We have 5 questionnaires, each of them treats a different medical condition :
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Lupus Nephritis
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Kawasaki and IgA Vasculitis
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sJIA
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PFAPA/SURF
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Biologics in monogenic auto inflammatory disease
Join our Working Groups
The CliPS project receives COST European funding for all networking and dissemination activities for the next 4 years.
Join one of our Working Groups (for 1 of the 5 medical conditions) and get involved in:
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The data analysis process,
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The creation of the repository and
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In the dissemination of the project
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation.
https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21168/
