Kawasaki disease with severe cardiac sequelae: Lessons from recent New Zealand experience

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 524-529

  Wilson, N ^a,e   Heaton, P ^b   Calder, L ^a,e   Nicholson, R ^c   Stables, S ^d   Gavin, R ^e  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b TARANAKI BASE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Immunoglobulin; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEW ZEALAND; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEW ZEALAND; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 6344233442     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00456.x     Document Type: Review

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