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Kawasaki disease – A common childhood vasculitis

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute self-limiting vasculitis of children predominantly affecting the medium sized arteries. The disease was first described by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967 from Japan. KD has now been reported from more than 60 countries and is the commonest cause of acquired heart dis...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Dhrubajyoti, Singh, Surjit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Rheumatology Association. Published by Elsevier, a division of Reed Elsevier India, Pvt. Ltd. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7135837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32288385
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injr.2015.07.010