Common carotid artery intima-media thickness is useful for diagnosis of the acute stage of Kawasaki disease

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Ting Hsin ^a   Kuo, Hsuan Chang ^a   Tain, You Lin ^a   Lin, Kuan Miao ^a   Kuo, Ho Chang ^a   Chien, Shao Ju ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute stage; Common carotid artery; Intima media thickness; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHILD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 84899479326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-98     Document Type: Article

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