Role of the toxic neutrophil count in the early diagnosis of Kawasaki disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 904-908

  Birdi, Nina ^a   Klassen, Terry P ^b   Quinlan, Angela ^b   Clarke, William ^b   Hosking, Martin ^b   Momy, Jo Anne ^b   Rowe, Peter C ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Kawasaki Disease; Neutrophil; Toxic Granulations; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUTROPHILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0032963537     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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