Large pleural effusion: An unusual manifestation of Kawasaki disease

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-391

  Sittiwangkul, Rekwan ^a   Pongprot, Yupada ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; JAUNDICE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYANMAR; PLEURA EFFUSION;

CORONARY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 2442622242     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300412     Document Type: Article

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