Kawasaki disease hospitalizations in a predominantly African-American population

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 721-725

  Abuhammour, Walid M ^a,c   Hasan, Bashed A ^a   Eljamal, Ahmed ^b   Asmar, Basim ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICHIGAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 27244440467     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400812     Document Type: Review

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