The epidemiology and clinical features of kawasaki disease in australia

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Saundankar, Jelena ^a   Yim, Deane ^b   Itotoh, Benedicta ^a   Jape, Gayatri ^a   Ramsay, James ^a   Kothari, Darshan ^a   Cheng, Allen ^c,d   Burgner, David ^b,e,f  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epidemiology; Kawasaki disease; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KAWASAKI DISEASE; OUTCOMES;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898749046     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2936     Document Type: Article

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