Spatial and temporal clustering of kawasaki syndrome cases

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 981-985

  Kao, Annie S ^a   Getis, Arthur ^a   Brodine, Stephanie ^a   Burns, Jane C ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery aneurysms; Epidemiology; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; UNITED STATES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; SEASON; TIME;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SEASONS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149174130     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817acf4f     Document Type: Article

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