The strategy of immune globulin resistant Kawasaki disease: A comparative study of additional immune globulin and steroid pulse therapy

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Ogata, Shohei ^a   Bando, Yuki ^a   Kimura, Sumito ^a   Ando, Hisashi ^a   Nakahata, Yayoi ^a   Ogihara, Yoshihito ^b   Kaneko, Tadahiro ^b   Minoura, Katsunori ^b   Kaida, Miho ^c   Yokota, Yukifumi ^c   Furukawa, Shinsuke ^a   Ishii, Masahiro ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ebina General Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment; Kawasaki disease; Re treatment; Steroid pulse therapy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SULEPTANATE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; COST OF ILLNESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; STEROIDS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 58249136519     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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