Timing of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment and Risk of Coronary Artery Abnormalities in Children with Kawasaki Disease

• Главные авторы: Aswine K. Bal (Автор), Deepa Prasad (Автор), Maria Angela Umali Pamintuan (Автор), Elizabeth Mammen-Prasad (Автор), Anna Petrova (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Elsevier, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is a type of febrile self-limiting systemic vasculitis, which affects the coronary arteries (CA) and may cause cardiac ischemia during childhood and adult life. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has become the standard therapy for KD. However, it is still uncertain if CA outcom...