the charts of 27 patients with kawasaki disease (kd) admitted to nemazee hospital in shiraz from january 1991 to october 1998 were reviewed to identify the results of mean peroxidase index (mpxi) values, a measure of neutrophil staining intensity, obtained by the technicon hi analyzer (technicon instruments corp., tarrytown, ny) within the first 10 days of the illness 2 separate groups of patie...
