Epidemiology of Kawasaki disease in the United States and worldwide

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-185

  Taubert, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Incidence; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; EUROPE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030933666     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9813(97)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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