Kawasaki disease and Henoch Schonlein purpura: Changing trends at a tertiary care hospital in north India (1993-2008)

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 771-774

  Singh, Surjit ^a   Aulakh, Roosy ^a  

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Henoch Schonlein purpura; Kawasaki disease; North India

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TERTIARY PREVENTION;

EID: 77951022936     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1065-6     Document Type: Article

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