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Kawasaki disease in older children and adolescents
J A Stockheim1, N Innocentini, S T Shulman
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital Center for Kawasaki Disease, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|August 10, 2000
Abstract:
Features of 28 patients older than 8 years of age with acute Kawasaki disease were reviewed. Observations included a predominance of male patients and white patients, delays in diagnosis of acute Kawasaki disease, presence of additional signs and symptoms, and a substantial incidence of coronary artery abnormalities (21%) including mild transient changes.