A Case of Complete Adult-Onset Kawasaki Disease: A Review of Pathogenesis and Classification

Dermatology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-8

  Drago, Francesco ^a   Javor, Sanja ^a   Ciccarese, Giulia ^a   Cozzani, Emanuele ^a   Parodi, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult patient; Classification; Kawasaki disease; Review

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937521696     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381911     Document Type: Review

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