Very high serum ferritin levels in three newborns with Kawasaki-like illness

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 201-204

  Nasir, Arwa ^a   Al Tatari, Hosam ^b   Hamdan, Mohamed A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Kawasaki disease; Newborns; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; FERRITIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TROPONIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 84859821463     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/17.4.201     Document Type: Article

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