Incomplete (atypical) Kawasaki disease in a young infant with remarkable paucity of signs

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 991-992

  Yilmazer, Murat Muhtar ^a   Mese, Timur ^a   Demirpençe, Savao ^a   Tavli, Vedide ^b   Devrim, Ilker ^a   Guven, BarÂo ^a   Öner, Taliha ^a   Orgun, Leman Tekin ^a   Vitrinel, Ayça ^b  

^a Behcet Uz Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; INFANT; LETTER; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEURYSM; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955095687     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1099-9     Document Type: Letter

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