Kawasaki syndrome: The Iranian experience

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 16-25

  Sadeghi, E ^a   Amin, R ^a   Ajamee, G H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX RATIO; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PLATELET COUNT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0035241508     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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