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Efficacy of plasma exchange therapy for Kawasaki disease intractable to intravenous gamma-globulin

Efficacy of plasma exchange therapy for Kawasaki disease intractable to intravenous gamma-globulin

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Efficacy of plasma exchange therapy for Kawasaki disease intractable to intravenous gamma-globulin

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Full title

Efficacy of plasma exchange therapy for Kawasaki disease intractable to intravenous gamma-globulin

Publisher

Tokyo: Informa Healthcare

Journal title

Modern rheumatology, 2004-03, Vol.14 (1), p.43

Language

English

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Publisher

Tokyo: Informa Healthcare

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Contents

Kawasaki disease (KD) causes coronary artery lesions (CALs) in 500 Japanese children each year. Intravenous gamma-globulin (IVGG) decreases the incidence of these lesions from 25% to 8% of the total KD cases. We examined whether plasma exchange is a safe and effective prophylaxis against CALs in children with KD intractable to IVGG therapy. Eighty-...

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Full title

Efficacy of plasma exchange therapy for Kawasaki disease intractable to intravenous gamma-globulin

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_232762205

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_232762205

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ISSN

1439-7595

E-ISSN

1439-7609

DOI

10.1007/s10165-003-0264-3

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