Kawasaki disease complicated by cerebral infarction

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-105

  Suda, Kenji ^a   Matsumura, Masahiko ^a   Ohta, Shigeru ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Coronary thrombosis; Intracoronary thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUROIMAGING; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037821970     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951103000179     Document Type: Article

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