Immunoglobulin failure and retreatment in Kawasaki disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-148

  Durongpisitkul, K ^a   Soongswang, J ^a   Laohaprasitiporn, D ^a   Nana, A ^a   Prachuabmoh, C ^b   Kangkagate, C ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Bangkok Heart Hospital   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0041743723     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0216-2     Document Type: Article

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