Is life long follow up for patients with Kawasaki disease indicated? [7]

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-

  Murugan, S J ^a   Thomson, J ^a   Parsons, J M ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0037236661     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.1.91     Document Type: Letter

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