Older age is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular sequelae in Kawasaki disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 751-754

  Muta, Hiromi ^a   Ishii, Masahiro ^a   Sakaue, Takahiko ^a   Egami, Kimiyasu ^a   Furui, Jun ^a   Sugahara, Yoko ^a   Akagi, Teiji ^a   Nakamura, Yoshikazu ^b   Yanagawa, Hiroshi ^c   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular sequelae; Intravenous globulin; Kawasaki disease; Older children

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DILATATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; STENOSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AGE; CHILD; INFANT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16544373903     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2003-0118-F     Document Type: Article

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