A Trial Procedure to prevent Aneurysm Formation of the Coronary Arteries by Steroid Pulse Therapy in Kawasaki Disease

JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1982, Pages 1239-1242

  Kijima, Yoshitami ^a   Kamiya, Tetsuro ^a   Suzuki, Atsuko ^a   Hirose, Osamu ^a   Manabe, Hisao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Kawasaki disease; Methylpredonisolone; Steroid pulse therapy; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ANEURYSM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PREVENTION; PROPHYLAXIS; THERAPY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANEURYSM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 0020352333     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.46.1239     Document Type: Article

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