Results of 12 Nationwide Epidemiological Incidence Surveys of Kawasaki Disease in Japan

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 779-783

  Yanagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Yashiro, Mayumi ^a   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^a   Kawasaki, Tomisaku ^b   Kato, Hirohisa ^c  

^a Jichi Medical School   (United States)

^b Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0029011786     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170200069011     Document Type: Article

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