Do we have a less severe form of Kawasaki disease or is it the Gammaglobulin effect

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-76

  Abushaban, Lulu ^a   Salama, A ^a   Uthaman, B ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Selvan, J ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Coronary artery aneurysms; Gammaglobulin; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033617208     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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