Kawasaki disease associated with measles virus infection in a monozygotic twin

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 350-353

  Kuijpers, Taco W ^a,b   Herweijer, Trudi J ^a   Schölvinck, Liesbeth ^a   Wertheim Van Dillen, Pauline M ^b   Van De Veer, Evert M A ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immunogenetics; Kawasaki disease; Measles virus; Measles munps rubella vaccine; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASLES VIRUS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034000634     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200004000-00018     Document Type: Article

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