Atopic Predilection among Kawasaki Disease Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1,187,757 Teenagers | Zendy

Ayal Hassidim | Zendy; Ilan Merdler | Zendy; Odelia Chorin | Zendy; Rona Merdler-Rabinowicz | Zendy; Ilan Dallal | Zendy; Maxim Perlman | Zendy; Ehud Chorin | Zendy

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Atopic Predilection among Kawasaki Disease Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1,187,757 Teenagers

Author(s) -

Ayal Hassidim,

Ilan Merdler,

Odelia Chorin,

Rona Merdler-Rabinowicz,

Ilan Dallal,

Maxim Perlman,

Ehud Chorin

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international archives of allergy and immunology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696

H-Index - 100

eISSN - 1423-0097

pISSN - 1018-2438

DOI - 10.1159/000447639

Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , kawasaki disease , etiology , angioedema , population , odds ratio , cross sectional study , disease , immunology , allergy , pathology , environmental health , artery

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, systemic vasculitis in children, with an etiology that is not completely understood. It is assumed that the development of KD is mediated by an immunologic response. Several reports from East Asia have found a higher prevalence of atopic diseases among patients with KD, but a large-scale study of a non-Asian population regarding this correlation is still lacking. The purpose of this article was to achieve this goal.

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