Thrombospondin-2 predicts response to treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin in children with Kawasaki disease

• Main Authors: Shuai Yang (Author), Ruixia Song (Author), Xiaohui Li (Author), Ting Zhang (Author), Jin Fu (Author), Xiaodai Cui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective To investigate the predictive value of thrombospondin-2 (TSP-2) in assessing the response to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in children with acute Kawasaki disease (KD).Methods This was a cohort study with controls. 71 children with KD were recruited as the case group, including IVIG no...