incomplete kawasaki disease: a diagnostic dilemma
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Diagnostic characteristics of supplemental laboratory criteria for incomplete Kawasaki disease in children with complete Kawasaki disease
PURPOSE In 2004, the American Heart Association (AHA) had published an algorithm for the diagnosis of incomplete Kawasaki disease (KD). The aim of the present study was to investigate characteristics of supplemental laboratory criteria in this algorithm. METHODS We retrospectively examined the medical records of 355 patients with KD who were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) duri...
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Received: 21 July 2017 Accepted: 19 September 2017 c © 2017 The Author(s), licensee Magdi Yacoub Institute. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY-4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Cite this article as: Agha HM, Hamza HS. Incomplete ...
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journal of comprehensive pediatricsجلد ۴، شماره ۲، صفحات ۱۲۴-۶
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