Kawasaki disease: A clinical and epidemiological study of 70 children in Brazil

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-101

  Magalhães, Cristina M R ^a,b   Vasconcelos, Patricia A C ^a   Pereira, Marne R ^a   Alves, Natália R M ^a   Gandolfi, Lenora ^b   Pratesi, Riccardo ^b  

^a Hospital Brasília   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ELECTROLYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67149105586     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080124     Document Type: Article

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