Periungual desquamation in patients with kawasaki disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 538-539

  Wang, Susan ^a   Best, Brookie M ^a,b   Burns, Jane C ^a,c  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery aneurysm; Kawasaki disease; Periungual desquamation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PERIUNGUAL DESQUAMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 67649534791     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181945984     Document Type: Article

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