Rupture of coronary aneurysm in Kawasaki disease

Pediatrics International

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 318-320

  Suzuki, Natsuko ^a   Seguchi, Masashi ^a   Kouno, Chikahiko ^a   Inukai, Kazuhisa ^a   Kito, Hideyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Kawasaki disease; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; STEROIDS;

EID: 0032977516     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200x.1999.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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