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Corticosteroid therapy for primary treatment of Kawasaki disease – weight of evidence: a meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature

OBJECTIVE: Corticosteroids are the treatment of choice in most forms of vasculitis. However, their role in the primary treatment of Kawasaki disease (KD) is controversial. Our aim was to conduct a meta-analysis to assess the clinical course and coronary artery outcome of adding corticosteroids to st...

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Autores principales: Athappan, Ganesh, Gale, Seth, Ponniah, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19701534