Unexpectedly high incidence of Kawasaki Disease in a Canadian Atlantic Province- an 11-year retrospective descriptive study

• Main Authors: Abdulrahman Alkanhal (Author), Joseph Saunders (Author), Fajer Altammar (Author), Adam M. Huber (Author), Andrew Lynk (Author), Alison MacLeod (Author), Oliva Ortiz-Alvarez (Author), Meighan Adams (Author), Suzanne Ramsey (Author), Elizabeth Stringer (Author), Andrew Warren (Author), Bianca Lang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries with a variable incidence worldwide. Previous studies reported an unexpectedly high incidence of KD in the Canadian Atlantic Provinces. The goals of our study were to validate...