A case of incomplete Kawasaki disease with extremely high serum ferritin and interleukin-18 levels

• Main Authors: Takanori Noto (Author), Hiroki Seto (Author), Junji Fukuhara (Author), Masao Murabayashi (Author), Akihiro Yachie (Author), Mamoru Ayusawa (Author), Ichiro Morioka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The clinical features and laboratory parameters of patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) occasionally overlap. Therefore, serum levels of cytokine and ferritin are used as markers to distinguish between KD and sJIA. KD patients have...