The epidemiology of Kawasaki disease: A global update

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1084-1088

  Singh, Surjit ^a   Vignesh, Pandiarajan ^a   Burgner, David ^b,c,d  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; JAPAN; KOREA; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; HEALTH; HEART DISEASES; NORTH AMERICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS;

EID: 84944722512     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307536     Document Type: Review

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