Incidence of Kawasaki disease in Japan: The nationwide surveys of 1999-2002

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 356-361

  Yanagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^b   Yashiro, Mayumi ^b   Uehara, Ritei ^b   Oki, Izumi ^b   Kayaba, Kazunori ^a  

^a SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Japan; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; Nationwide surveys

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INJURY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33746455998     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02221.x     Document Type: Article

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