Kawasaki Syndrome in Malaysia
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Kawasaki Syndrome or the mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MLNS) was first described in Japan in 1967 by Kawasaki.' Since then this syndrome has been recognised all over the world including Malaysia. This is a syndrome of unknown etiology. Its diagnosis is based entirely on clinical grounds and requires the presence of fever of at least five days duration plus four out of the five following criteria: rash, characteristic extremity changes; conjunctivitis; characteristic oral mucosal changes; cervical lymphadenopathy. This paper is a review of all cases which met these criteria seen at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.
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