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Gamma globulin re-treatment in Kawasaki disease
R P Sundel1, J C Burns, A Baker
1Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
We retrospectively reviewed the effects of intravenous gamma-globulin (IVGG) re-treatment of 13 children with Kawasaki disease and persistent or recrudescent fever. Fever and mucocutaneous inflammation resolved within 48 hours in nine patients; fever abated in two other children after a third course of IVGG. We conclude that IVGG re-treatment of Kawasaki disease appears to be safe and may improve the clinical course.