Incidence of Kawasaki disease in northern European countries

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 770-772

  Salo, Eeva ^a   Griffiths, Elizabeth P ^b   Farstad, Teresa ^c   Schiller, Bodil ^d   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^e   Yashiro, Mayumi ^e   Uehara, Ritei ^e   Best, Brookie M ^b   Burns, Jane C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery aneurysm; Epidemiology; Kawasaki disease; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84872593266     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03692.x     Document Type: Article

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