Delayed diagnosis of Kawasaki disease: Risk factors and outcome of treatment

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Sittiwangkul, R ^a   Pongprot, Y ^a   Silvilairat, S ^a   Phornphutkul, C ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

AGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956288051     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1465328111Y.0000000005     Document Type: Review

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