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Kawasaki disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Tomisaku Kawasaki
Tomisaku Kawasaki*
Affiliation:
Center for Kawasaki Disease, Tokyo
*
Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, Center for Kawasaki Disease, Hosaka Building, 1–10 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 101, Japan
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Summary

In this review, I have outlined the clinical picture, epidemiology, pathology, etiology, and current treatment and management of Kawasaki disease. The disease in question has unique features which cannot be classified into any of the categories of conventional pediatric diseases, and thus the elucidation of the etiology and mode of onset may well raise many new medical problems. It is hoped that young practitioners of clinical and fundamental medicine will be able to resolve the problems relating to the disease which remain as quickly as possible.

Type
The World Forum for Pediatric Cardiology Symposium on Kawasaki Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 184 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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