Coronary arteritis of Kawasaki disease unresponsive to high-dose intravenous gammaglobulin successfully treated with plasmapheresis

Kawasaki disease (KD) is characterized by marked activation of immune system and generalized vasculitis including coronary arteritis, and the intravenous gammaglobulin therapy is recomended as the first line of the choices. However, in some fulminant cases the coronary arteritis progresses rapidly a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology 1995/06/30, Vol.18(3), pp.282-288
Hauptverfasser:	Mori, Masa-aki, Tomono, Noriaki, Yokota, Shumpei
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	cytokine high-dose intravenous gammaglobulin therapy Kawasaki disease plasmapheresis
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