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Failure to distinguish systemic‐onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis from incomplete Kawasaki disease in an infant
Author(s) -
Komatsu Haruki,
Tateno Akihiko
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01189.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kawasaki disease , arthritis , juvenile , systemic disease , disease , pediatrics , adult onset still's disease , heart disease , immunology , artery , biology , genetics
In an infant, an initial diagnosis of incomplete Kawasaki disease was made according to the American Heart Association guidelines. However, the diagnosis of systemic‐onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis was established later. Physicians need to recognize that systemic‐onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis can be mistaken for incomplete Kawasaki disease, even when the guidelines are used.