Incidence of Kawasaki disease in a Norwegian county;Forekomst av Kawasakis sykdom

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 124, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 1774-1775

  Klevberg, Sjur ^a   Farstad, Teresa ^a   Perminow, Karl Viktor ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3543002881     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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