Lesson of the Week: Delayed diagnosis of Kawasaki disease presenting with massive lymphadenopathy and airway obstruction

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7044, 1996, Pages 1471-

  Burgner, David ^a   Festa, Marino ^b   Isaacs, David ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 0029891949     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7044.1471     Document Type: Article

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