Characteristics of Kawasaki disease in older children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 952-956

  Cai, Zhaohua ^a   Zuo, Rihan ^b   Liu, Yali ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

coronary artery abnormalities; Kawasaki disease; older children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053253167     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811409027     Document Type: Article

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