Biomarkers for the Discrimination of Acute Kawasaki Disease From Infections in Childhood

• Main Authors: Judith Zandstra (Author), Annemarie van de Geer (Author), Michael W. T. Tanck (Author), Diana van Stijn-Bringas Dimitriades (Author), Cathelijn E. M. Aarts (Author), Sanne M. Dietz (Author), Robin van Bruggen (Author), Nina A. Schweintzger (Author), Werner Zenz (Author), Marieke Emonts (Author), Dace Zavadska (Author), Marko Pokorn (Author), Effua Usuf (Author), Henriette A. Moll (Author), Luregn J. Schlapbach (Author), Enitan D. Carrol (Author), Stephane Paulus (Author), Maria Tsolia (Author), Colin Fink (Author), Shunmay Yeung (Author), Chisato Shimizu (Author), Adriana Tremoulet (Author), Rachel Galassini (Author), Victoria J. Wright (Author), Federico Martinón-Torres (Author), Jethro Herberg (Author), Jane Burns (Author), Michael Levin (Author), Taco W. Kuijpers (Author), EUCLIDS Consortium, PERFORM Consortium and UK Kawasaki Disease Genetics Study Network (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis of early childhood mimicking several infectious diseases. Differentiation between KD and infectious diseases is essential as KD's most important complication-the development of coronary artery aneurysms (CAA)-can be largely avoided by timely tre...