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Infliximab as an alternative therapy for refractory adult onset Kawasaki disease: A case report

RATIONALE: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile illness predominantly affecting children less than 5 years of age and characterized by systemic inflammation in all medium-sized arteries. Adult-onset KD (AKD) is rare with only 105 case reports published. Recently, the efficacy of infliximab (IFX...

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Autores principales: Kawaguchi, Takeshi, Rikitake, Yuki, Tsuruda, Toshihiro, Kawata, Chihiro, Rikitake, Mao, Iwao, Kosho, Aizawa, Ayako, Kariya, Yumi, Matsuda, Motohiro, Miyauchi, Syunichi, Umekita, Kunihiko, Takajo, Ichiro, Okayama, Akihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30290679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000012720