Kawasaki disease with lymphadenopathy and fever as sole initial manifestations

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 359-362

  Kubota, Masaru ^a,b   Usami, Ikuya ^b   Yamakawa, Masaru ^b   Tomita, Yasuhiko ^b   Haruta, Tsunekazu ^b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical lymphadenopathy; Coronary artery lesion; Inflammation; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 43549101170     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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