Serum alanine aminotransferase concentrations in patients with Kawasaki disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 839-842

  Uehara, Ritei ^a   Yashiro, Mayumi ^a   Hayasaka, Shinya ^a   Oki, Izumi ^a   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^a   Muta, Hiromi ^b   Ishii, Masahiro ^b   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^b   Sonobe, Tomoyoshi ^c   Yanagawa, Hiroshi ^d  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Cardiac disorder; Epidemiology; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141682385     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000086388.74930.0d     Document Type: Article

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