Kawasaki Disease Following Severe Sunburn Injury

Background: Although an etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) is unknown, an aberrant innate immune system in predisposed individuals has been proposed to play a key role in the development of KD vasculitis. Various etiological pathogens have been proposed as the trigger of KD and a scaled injury preced...

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Main Authors: Seigo Okada, Shintaro Hashimoto, Akiko Miyake, Yusuke Okada, Reiji Hirano, Shinnosuke Fukunaga, Yuichi Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2020.00006/full