Impressions of Kawasaki syndrome in India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 939-942

  Kushner, Howard I ^a   Macnee, Rupert ^b   Burns, Jane C ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kawasaki Disease Foundation India Project   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDITORIAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; TELECONFERENCE; UNITED STATES; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 33947139771     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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