Adult kawasaki disease

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1078-1080

  Shelleh, Hamdi H ^a   Khan, Sarosh A ^a   Khan, Latif A ^a,b   Al Hateeti, Hussni ^a   Iqbal, Samar ^a   Saleh, Abdul F ^a  

^a Najran General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adult kawasaki disease; Tricuspid regurgitation; Tricuspid valve endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0041357444     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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