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Therapy of acute Kawasaki disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Jane W. Newburger
Jane W. Newburger*
Affiliation:
The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston
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Dr. Jane W. Newberger, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Longwood Street, Boston, MA 06213, USA
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Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis of unknown etiology that occurs predominantly in infancy and early childhood. It is characterize by fever, bilateral nonexudative conjunctivitis, erythema of the lips and oral mucosa, changes in the extremities, rash, and cervical lymphadenopathy.1,2 Coronary arterial aneurysms, or ectasia, develop in approximately 15 to 25% of children with the disease, and may lead to myocardial infarction, sudden death, or chronic coronary arterial insufficiency.2–4

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World Forum
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 254 - 255
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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