Endothelial dysfunction in a cohort of North Indian children with Kawasaki disease without overt coronary artery involvement

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-231

  Ghelani, Sunil J ^a   Singh, Surjit ^a   Manojkumar, Rohit ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Kawasaki disease; North Indian children

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 62349118123     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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