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PFAPA was believed to be sporadic but family clustering has been widely observed.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To identify demographic and clinical differences between patients with PFAPA and a positive family history (FH+) as compared to those with no family history (FH\u2212).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n In a database comprising demographic and clinical data of 273 pediatric PFAPA patients treated at two tertiary centers in Israel, 31 (14.3%) had FH+. Data from patients with FH+ were compared to data from those with FH\u2212. Furthermore, family members (FMs) of those with FH+ were contacted via telephone for more demographic and clinical details.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The FH+ group as compared to the FH\u2212 group had more myalgia (56 vs. 19%, respectively,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.001), headaches (32 vs. 2%, respectively,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.016), and a higher carrier frequency of M694V mutation (54% vs. 25%, respectively,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.05). Colchicine was seen to be a more beneficial treatment for the FH+ group as compared to the FH\u2212 group; however, with no statistical significance (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.096). FMs displayed almost identical characteristics to patients in the FH+ group except for greater arthralgia during flares (64 vs. 23%, respectively,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.008), and compared to the FH\u2212 group they had more oral aphthae (68 vs. 43%, respectively,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.002), myalgia\/arthralgia (64 vs. 19%\/16%, respectively,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n &lt; 0.0001), and higher rates of FH of Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) (45 vs.15%, respectively,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.003).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Our findings suggest that patients with a FH+ likely experience a different subset of disease with higher frequency of family history of FMF, arthralgia, myalgia, and might have a better response to colchicine compared to FH\u2212. 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