Simultaneous development of Kawasaki disease following acute human adenovirus infection in monozygotic twins: A case report

• Autors principals: Sayaka Fukuda (Autor), Shuichi Ito (Autor), Maya Fujiwara (Autor), Jun Abe (Autor), Nozomu Hanaoka (Autor), Tsuguto Fujimoto (Autor), Hiroshi Katsumori (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Abstract Background The etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) remains unknown. However, many studies have suggested that specific genetic factors and/or some infectious agents underlie the onset of KD. Previous studies have suggested that human adenovirus (HAdV) is one of the triggering pathogens of KD....