Commentary: Translation of Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki's original report of fifty patients in 1967

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 993-995

  Burns, Jane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Commentary; Kawasaki syndrome; Original report

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MACROLIDE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0036847654     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200211000-00002     Document Type: Note

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