Kawasaki Disease Presenting as Acute Clinical Hepatitis
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Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis of children. Among gastrointestinal symptoms of this disease jaundice occurs uncommonly. We present a 23 month boy with icter and clinical hepatitis and final diagnosis of kawasaki disease.
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volume 1 issue 1
pages 51- 53
publication date 2013-08-01
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