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Ethnic Kawasaki Disease Risk Associated with Blood Mercury and Cadmium in U.S. Children

Kawasaki disease (KD) primarily affects children <5 years of age (75%–80%) and is currently the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed nations. Even when residing in the West, East Asian children are 10 to 20 times more likely to develop KD. We hypothesized cultural variations influ...

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Autores principales: Yeter, Deniz, Portman, Michael A., Aschner, Michael, Farina, Marcelo, Chan, Wen-Ching, Hsieh, Kai-Sheng, Kuo, Ho-Chang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26742052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010101