Revision of diagnostic guidelines for Kawasaki disease (the 5th revised edition)

Diagnostic guidelines for Kawasaki Disease was revised to meet the present situation in 2002. This issue intends to explain new guidelines and their backgrounds. Major alterations are interpretation of cases with 4 or fewer febrile days shortened by early intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, and th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics international 2005-04, Vol.47 (2), p.232-234
Hauptverfasser:	Ayusawa, Mamoru, Sonobe, Tomoyoshi, Uemura, Shigeru, Ogawa, Shunnichi, Nakamura, Yoshikazu, Kiyosawa, Nobuyuki, Ishii, Masahiro, Harada, Kensuke
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	diagnosis guideline Humans Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use incomplete case Kawasaki disease Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnosis Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Diagnostic guidelines for Kawasaki Disease was revised to meet the present situation in 2002. This issue intends to explain new guidelines and their backgrounds. Major alterations are interpretation of cases with 4 or fewer febrile days shortened by early intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, and the clinical importance of atypical (incomplete, or suspected) cases.
ISSN:	1328-8067 1442-200X
DOI:	10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02033.x