Fulfillment of diagnostic criteria in Kawasaki disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-47

  Stapp, Joan ^a   Marshall, Gary S ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 0033972374     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200093010-00008     Document Type: Article

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