Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Statement for Health Professio...
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Statement for Health Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association
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Newburger, Jane W , Takahashi, Masato , Gerber, Michael A , Gewitz, Michael H , Tani, Lloyd Y , Burns, Jane C , Shulman, Stanford T , Bolger, Ann F , Ferrieri, Patricia , Baltimore, Robert S , Wilson, Walter R , Baddour, Larry M , Levison, Matthew E , Pallasch, Thomas J , Falace, Donald A , Taubert, Kathryn A and Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association
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Elk Grove Village, IL: Am Acad Pediatrics
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Elk Grove Village, IL: Am Acad Pediatrics
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Kawasaki disease is an acute self-limited vasculitis of childhood that is characterized by fever, bilateral nonexudative conjunctivitis, erythema of the lips and oral mucosa, changes in the extremities, rash, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Coronary artery aneurysms or ectasia develop in approximately 15% to 25% of untreated children and may lead to...
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Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Statement for Health Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association
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Takahashi, Masato
Gerber, Michael A
Gewitz, Michael H
Tani, Lloyd Y
Burns, Jane C
Shulman, Stanford T
Bolger, Ann F
Ferrieri, Patricia
Baltimore, Robert S
Wilson, Walter R
Baddour, Larry M
Levison, Matthew E
Pallasch, Thomas J
Falace, Donald A
Taubert, Kathryn A
Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67137013
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67137013
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0031-4005
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1098-4275
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10.1542/peds.2004-2182
