Recurrence of Kawasaki disease in an adult patient with cholecystitis

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  McMahon, Michelle A ^a   Kearns, Grainne ^b   Wynne, Bairbre ^c   Murphy, Gillian ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRY SKIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247477781     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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