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:auditory and vestibular research
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khadije toomaj department of pediatrics, imam khomeini hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
parvin akbariasbagh department of pediatrics, imam khomeini hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
alireza karimi yazdi otorhinolaryngology research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
yahya aghighi department of pediatrics, imam khomeini hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
seyyed reza raeeskarami department of pediatrics, imam khomeini hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
fariba eslambol nassaj department of audiology, imam khomeini hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
background and aim: kawasaki disease (kd) is an acute childhood febrile illness with worldwide incidence and the highest incidence occurs in asian children, with coronary arteritis being the main complication. sensorineural hearing loss (snhl) has also been described as a complication of kd in several articles. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of snhl in patients with kd t...