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A study of children with Kawasaki disease

Author(s) -

R Ajanthan,

Sanath P Lamabadusuriya,

W Withana

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2386-110X

pISSN - 1391-5452

DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v32i2.726

Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , medicine , scopus , transparency (behavior) , publishing , library science , child health , family medicine , political science , medline , south asia , law , history , ethnology , computer science

Objectives To study demography, presentation, treatment, complications and prognosis of children with Kawasaki disease (KD). Design A descriptive ongoing case study. Method All children clinically suspected to have KD, following admission to professorial unit at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children or when seen in the private sector, from November 2001 to September 2002, were included in the study. The demographic details, presenting features, treatment and complications were recorded. Children with coronary arteritis were reviewed periodically to analyse long-term effects.

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