Preventing coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease
A form of systemic vasculitis that affects mostly small and medium-sized vessels, Kawasaki disease (KD) is most commonly found in children under the age of 5 years old. Though its etiology is unknown, KD has been the most frequent acquired heart disease in developing countries. Its incidence has inc...
| Published in: | Biomedical Journal |
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-06-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417017300318 |