Mortality among Japanese with a history of Kawasaki disease: Results at the end of 2009

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 429-434

  Nakamura, Yosikazu ^a   Aso, Eiko ^a   Yashiro, Mayumi ^a   Tsuboi, Satoshi ^a   Kojo, Takao ^a   Aoyama, Yasuko ^a   Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a   Uehara, Ritei ^a   Yanagawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follow up; Japan; Long term prognosis; Mortality rate; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888071348     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20130048     Document Type: Article

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