Aspirin, Reye syndrome, Kawasaki disease, and allergies; a reconsideration of the links

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1178-

  Van Bever, H P ^a,b   Quek, S C ^a   Lim, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PARACETAMOL;

ALLERGY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REYE SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; REYE SYNDROME;

EID: 9644294321     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.055681     Document Type: Article

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