Failure to diagnose Kawasaki disease at the extremes of the pediatric age range

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 789-791

  Pannaraj, Pia S ^a   Turner, Christena L ^b   Bastian, John F ^c   Burns, Jane C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case definition; Coronary artery aneurysms; Epidemiology; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4043105483     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000134312.39744.a4     Document Type: Article

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