Epidemiological features of Kawasaki disease in Taiwan, 1976-2007: Results of five nationwide questionnaire hospital surveys

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 92-96

  Lue, Hung Chi ^a,b   Chen, Lei Ru ^a   Lin, Ming Tai ^a   Chang, Luan Yin ^a   Wang, Jou Kou ^a   Lee, Chin Yun ^a   Wu, Mei Hwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b St Mary Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

annual incidence; children; coronary artery aneurysm; epidemiology; Kawasaki disease; questionnaire hospital surveys; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899464943     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. T. Kawasaki Acute febrile mucocutaneous syndrome with lymphoid involvement with specific desquamation of the fingers and toes in children. Arerugi 16 1967 178 222 [Article in Japanese]
2. H.C. Lue, C.Y. Lee, M.H. Wu, and J.K. Wang Kawasaki disease in Taiwan [Abstract]. Presented at the 3rd International Kawasaki Disease Symposium, Tokyo, Japan 1988
3. H.Y. Yang, G.J. Lin, C.Y. Lee, and H.C. Lue Clinical observation of mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome Acta Paediatr Sin 26 1985 213 222
4. H. Yanagawa, Y. Nakamura, M. Yashiro, T. Kawasaki, and H. Kato Epidemiology of Kawasaki Disease in Japan 1995 Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center
5. H.C. Lue Epidemiological features of Kawasaki disease in Taiwan Taiwan Epidemiol Bull 9 1993 75 77 [In Chinese]
6. H.C. Lue KD in Taiwan: nationwide hospital surveys, 1976-1993 H. Kato, Kawasaki disease. Proceedings of the 5th International KD Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, May 22-25 vol. 195 1995 Elsevier Amsterdam 26 29
7. H.C. Lue Kawasaki disease in Taiwan: clinical pictures and epidemiology [Abstract]. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Preventive Cardiology, Osaka, Japan May 27-31, 2001
8. H.C. Lue, and S. Phillip Kawasaki disease in Taiwan: A 4th Nationwide Survey 1994-2000 [Abstract] J.W. Newburger, K.A. Taubert, S.T. Shulman, Summary and abstracts of the 7th International Kawasaki disease symposium Pediatr Res 53 2003 159
9. H.C. Lue, S. Philip, M.R. Chen, J.K. Wang, and M.H. Wu Surveillance of Kawasaki disease in Taiwan and review of the literature Acta Paediatr Taiwan 45 2004 8 14
10. Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Committee Diagnostic guidelines of Kawasaki Disease 5th Revised ed. 2002 Ministry of Health and Welfare Tokyo
11. Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease. Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association Diagnosis and therapy of Kawasaki disease in children Circulation 87 1993 1776 1780
12. M.H. Wu, H.C. Lue, S.J. Cheng, and T.C. Sung Echocardiographic visualization of coronary arterial lesions in Kawasaki disease Acta Paediatr Sin 27 1986 1 9
13. L.Y. Chang, I.S. Chang, C.Y. Lu, B.L. Chiang, C.Y. Lee, and P.J. Chen et al. Epidemiologic features of Kawasaki disease in Taiwan, 1996-2002 Pediatrics 114 2004 e678 e682
14. W.C. Huang, L.M. Huang, I.S. Chang, L.Y. Chang, B.L. Chiang, and P.J. Chen et al. Epidemiologic features of Kawasaki disease in Taiwan, 2003-2006 Pediatrics 123 2009 e401 e405
15. Lin MT. Epidemiology of Kawasaki disease in Taiwan, 2006-2008. (Abstract). Kyoto, Japan: Presented at the 10th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium; February 7-10, 2012.
16. Y. Nakamura, M. Yashiro, R. Uehara, I. Oki, M. Watanabe, and H. Yanagawa Epidemiological features of Kawasaki disease in Japan. Results from the nationwide survey in 2005-2006 J Epidemiol 18 2008 167 172