Genetic and immunologic findings in children with recurrent aphthous stomatitis with systemic inflammation.
Martina GirardelliErica ValencicValentina MoressaRoberta MargagliottaAlessandra TesserSerena PastoreOttavia SpadolaEmmanouil AthanasakisGiovanni Maria SeveriniAndrea TaddioAlberto TommasiniPublished in: Pediatric rheumatology online journal (2021)
Although recurrent aphthous stomatitis associated with systemic inflammation may lead to a clinical diagnosis of BD or SLE, subjects with early disease onset in childhood deserve genetic investigation for rare monogenic disorders. A wider genetic panel may help disclosing the genetic background in the subset of children with increased interferon score, who tested negative in this study.