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Guttate Psoriasis Following Kawasaki Disease
Author(s) -
Garty B.,
Mosseri R.,
Finkelstein Y.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2001.1862002.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kawasaki disease , superantigen , psoriasis , dermatology , pathogenesis , complication , immunology , disease , pathology , immune system , artery , t cell
Guttate psoriasis developed in a 3.5‐year‐old boy during the course of Kawasaki disease (KD). The pathogenesis of this unusual complication may be production of superantigens, which is also considered to be a cause of KD.