Refractory Kawasaki Disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-464

  Freeman, Alexandra F ^a   Shulman, Stanford T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IVGG therapy; Kawasaki disease; Refractory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ULINASTATIN;

CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPIRIN; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RECURRENCE;

EID: 2442496127     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000125893.66941.e0     Document Type: Review

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