Epidemiology of Kawasaki disease in infants 3 months of age and younger

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 202-205

  Lee, Eun Jung ^a   Park, Yong Won ^b   Hong, Young Mi ^c   Lee, Joon Sung ^a   Han, Ji Whan ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Coronary artery dilatation; Epidemiology; Infant; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84862743246     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2012.55.6.202     Document Type: Article

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