Coronary artery dilation in acute kawasaki disease and acute illnesses associated with fever

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 924-926

  Bratincsak, Andras ^a,b,c   Reddy, Venu D ^a   Purohit, Prashant J ^a   Tremoulet, Adriana H ^b,c   Molkara, Delaram Pour ^b,c   Frazer, Jeffrey R ^b,c   Dyar, Dan ^c   Bush, Ruth A ^c   Sim, James Y ^a   Sang, New ^a   Burns, Jane C ^b,c   Melish, Marian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary arteries; fever; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BODY SURFACE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCARLET FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84865485104     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826252b3     Document Type: Article

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