Is Alopecia a Clinical Symptom in Kawasaki Disease?
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A 20-months-old infant was admitted with prolonged fever, bilateral non-purulent conjunctivitis, strawberry tongue, lip cracking and maculopapular rash. Left branch coronary aneurysm formation was detected in Color-Doppler echocardiography. The diagnosis was Kawasaki disease. After 6 weeks, he had alopecia totalis. Although, alopecia areata has been seen in Kawasaki disease, but alopecia totalis is very rare with unknown etiology
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عنوان ژورنال
دوره 21 شماره 1
صفحات 112- 116
تاریخ انتشار 2014-12-01
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