Mortality among patients with a history of Kawasaki disease: The third look

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 419-423

  Nakamura, Yosikazu ^a   Yanagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kato, Hirohisa ^b   Harada, Kensuke ^c   Kawasaki, Tomisaku ^d  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kawasaki disease; Long term follow up; Mortality; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031679907     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb01960.x     Document Type: Article

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