A comparison of the clinical profile of Kawasaki disease in children from Northern India above and below 5 years of age

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-657

  Singh, Surjit ^a   Gupta, Mukesh Kumar ^a   Bansal, Arun ^a   Kumar, Rohit Manoj ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant Rai ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Age; India; Kawasaki disease; Older children

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH DISEASE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN EXFOLIATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 34748883054     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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