Kawasaki disease: A review of pathologic features of stage IV disease and two cases of sudden death among asymptotic young adults

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Rozin, Leon ^a   Koehler, Steven A ^a   Shakir, Abdulrezzak ^a   Ladham, Shaun ^a   Wecht, Cyril H ^a  

^a Allegheny County Coroner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic young adults; Kawasaki disease; Pathology; Stage IV; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FATALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037372966     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200303000-00009     Document Type: Article

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