BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limiting vasculitis with an unknown etiology. It has been reported that breastfeeding has a potential protective effect on KD development.
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Coronary Artery Aneurysms Due to Kawasaki Disease – a Rare Cause of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2019 Kawasaki disease, also known as Kawasaki syndrome or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is a pathology that causes inflammation in the walls of medium-sized arteries, with symptoms such as fever, lymphadenopathy, rash, and erythema of the eyes, lips ...
Cîrneală Ioana +4 more
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Peds Simulation Case: Kawasaki Disease
MedEdPORTAL, 2011 This resource is a simulation case featuring a 2-year-old male presenting with fever, irritability, and decreased oral intake. A physical exam reveals all the major criteria for Kawasaki disease; students must work up and initiate medical therapy for ...
Carly Snipes, Jennifer Walthall
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Prediction of unresponsiveness to second intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in patients with Kawasaki disease refractory to initial treatment [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2016 PurposeThis study investigated predictors of unresponsiveness to second-line intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment for Kawasaki disease (KD).MethodsThis was a single-center analysis of the medical records of 588 patients with KD who had been ...
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Genitofemoral neuralgia : adding to the burden of chronic vulvar pain [PDF]
, 2015 The vulva is a particularly common locus of chronic pain with neuropathic characteristics that occurs in women of any age, though most women with neuropathic type chronic vulvar pain will remain undiagnosed even following multiple physician visits. Here,
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Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control. [PDF]
, 2003 The leishmaniases afflict the world's poorest populations. Among the two million new cases each year in the 88 countries where the disease is endemic (fig 1), it is estimated that 80% earn less than $2 a day.
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Differences in GlycA and lipoprotein particle parameters may help distinguish acute kawasaki disease from other febrile illnesses in children. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundGlycosylation patterns of serum proteins, such as α1-acid glycoprotein, are modified during an acute phase reaction. The response of acute Kawasaki disease (KD) patients to IVIG treatment has been linked to sialic acid levels on native IgG ...
Burns, Jane C +8 more
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Acute cholestasis as uncommon onset of Kawasaki disease: a case report
BMC Gastroenterology, 2020 Background Kawasaki disease (KD) or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is a vasculitis that mostly occurs in young children. Adult-onset KD (AKD) is rare and often misdiagnosed. Here we report a rare case of KD with cholestasis as principal symptom.
Massimo Gallerani +3 more
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Correlation between Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection and Coronary Artery Lesions in Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome: a Meta-analysis [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023 Background The incidence of mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MCLS), also known as Kawasaki disease (KD), has been increasing year by year. Coronary artery lesions (CAL) induced by KD has become the main cause of acquired heart disease in children. Many
WANG Shumin, LI Xuejun, ZHANG Yixing, JIANG Zhiyan, XIAO Zhen
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Clinical characteristics of Kawasaki disease with sterile pyuria [PDF]
, 2013 PurposeKawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis and affects many organ systems. It often presents sterile pyuria, microscopic hematuria, and proteinuria due to renal involvement.
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