Early but prolonged gallbladder hydrops in a 7-month-old girl with Kawasaki syndrome: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-164

  Egritas, Odul ^a   Nacar, Nazire ^a   Hanioglu, Serdar ^a   Soyer, Tutku ^a,b   Tezic, Tahsin ^a  

^a GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gallbladder hydrops; Infant; Kawasaki syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER HYDROPS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROPS; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REMISSION; ULTRASOUND;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 33846537960     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3358-7     Document Type: Article

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