Kawasaki disease: Are we missing the diagnosis ?[J] . M. R. Sridhar,Himanshu Goel,Deepa Anirudh,Rakesh Lodha,S. K. Kabra.The Indian Journal of Pediatrics . 2005 (10)Sridhar MR, Goel H, Anirudh D, Lodha R, Kabra SK (2005) Kawasaki disease: are we missing the diagnosis? Indian J ...
This case-control study identifies a whole-blood gene expression signature that distinguishes children with Kawasaki disease in the first week of illness
Kawasaki disease (KD) is one of the most common vasculitides of childhood. It has the potential to cause severe complications, significant morbidity, and even mortality. Expeditious treatment can largely prevent these complications, underscoring the importance of early and accurate diagnosis. The diagnos...
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a medium vessel vasculitis with predilection for coronary arteries. Due to lack of a reliable confirmatory laboratory test, the diagnosis of KD is based on a constellation of clinical findings that appear in a typical temporal sequence. These diagnostic criteria have been ...
(4) Severe dilation of coronary arteries and coronary aneurysms developed. Conclusion: Echocardiography is of great values in diagnosing Kawasaki disease at early stage of Kawasaki disease, which plays an important role in releasing coronary arteries injure....
Diagnosis of Kawasaki disease There are two forms of KD: complete and incomplete. Diagnosis of complete KD requires fever of at least 5 days' duration along with 4 or 5 of the principal clinical features. The principal clinical features are as follows: ...
1、川崎病 Kawasaki disease,1967年由日本的Dr Tomisacu Kawasaki (川崎富作医生) 用日文首先报道(1974年用英文首次报告了50个病例),因此国际上称为川崎病(Kawasaki Disease, KD)。它多发于婴幼儿,是一种病因不明的全身性血管炎综合征,临床特点为急性发热,皮肤粘膜病损和淋巴结肿大。最危险的病变发生在心脏。该...
127 THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF EARLY INTRAVENOUS IMMUNE GLOBULIN TREATMENT FOR KAWASAKI DISEASE Yoko Sugahara, Masahiro Ishii, Hiromi Muta, Jun Furui, Wakako Himeno, Teiji Akagi, Hirohisa Kato Department of Pediatrics, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan The diagnosis of Kawasaki...
Methods for diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD) are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to the use of biomarkers for aiding diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of KD, and more specifically to biomarkers that can be used to distinguish KD from other inflammatory diseases, including ...
川崎病(Kawasaki disease,KD)是一种好发于5岁以下婴幼儿的急性全身性血管炎性疾病,临床上又称之为皮肤黏膜淋巴综合征,其主要病理改变是全身性血管炎,累及动脉、静脉及毛细血管,尤其是以冠状动脉病变较为明显,可导致冠状动脉瘤、心肌梗塞、缺血性心脏病,严重时甚至可猝死,已逐渐发展成为发达国家或地区婴幼儿获得性心...