Increased generation of cysteinyl leukotrienes in Kawasaki disease.
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Increased generation of cysteinyl leukotrienes in Kawasaki disease.
Endogenous cysteinyl leukotriene synthesis was assessed in 10 patients with Kawasaki disease and 10 healthy controls by measuring excretion of leukotriene E4 (LTE4) in urine. LTE4 was increased more than fivefold in patients with Kawasaki disease compared with controls (median (range) 55.3 (31.8-120.6) v 10.2 (7.1-14.9) nmol/mol creatinine); this suggests that cysteinyl leukotrienes are involve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.72.6.526