Epidemiologic pictures of Kawasaki disease in Shanghai from 1998 through 2002

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-14

  Huang, Guo Ying ^a   Ma, Xiao Jing ^a   Huang, Min ^b   Chen, Shu Bao ^c   Huang, Mei Rong ^c   Gui, Yong Hao ^a   Ning, Shou Bao ^a   Zhang, Tuo Hong ^d   Du, Zhong Dong ^e   Yanagawa, Hiroshi ^f   Kawasaki, Tomisaku ^g  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; China; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 30344441534     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.16.9     Document Type: Article

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