Kawasaki Disease Following Severe Sunburn Injury

• Main Authors: Seigo Okada (Author), Shintaro Hashimoto (Author), Akiko Miyake (Author), Yusuke Okada (Author), Reiji Hirano (Author), Shinnosuke Fukunaga (Author), Yuichi Ishikawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Although an etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) is unknown, an aberrant innate immune system in predisposed individuals has been proposed to play a key role in the development of KD vasculitis. Various etiological pathogens have been proposed as the trigger of KD and a scaled injury preced...