Kawasaki disease presenting as orbital cellulitis

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-125

  Sheard, Richard M ^a,c   Pandey, Kishore R ^a   Barnes, Nicholas D ^a   Vivian, Anthony J ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ORBIT CELLULITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; TACHYCARDIA; VASCULITIS;

ASPIRIN; CELLULITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 0034039809     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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