The incidence of Kawasaki syndrome in West Coast health maintenance organizations

BACKGROUND.Kawasaki syndrome (KS) causes an acute vasculitis of unknown etiology. It is a leading cause of acquired heart disease of children in Japan and the United States. METHODS.We examined the incidence of KS in a well-defined population group of children ≤6 years of age, using data collected t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2000-09, Vol.19 (9), p.828-832
Hauptverfasser:	BELAY, ERMIAS D, HOLMAN, ROBERT C, CLARKE, MATTHEW J, DESTEFANO, FRANK, SHAHRIARI, ABTIN, DAVIS, ROBERT L, RHODES, PHILIP H, THOMPSON, ROBERT S, BLACK, STEVEN B, SHINEFIELD, HENRY R, MARCY, S MICHAEL, WARD, JOEL I, MULLOOLY, JOHN P, CHEN, ROBERT T, SCHONBERGER, LAWRENCE B
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Analysis. Health state Biological and medical sciences California - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Epidemiologic Studies Epidemiology Female General aspects Health Maintenance Organizations - statistics & numerical data Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Male Medical sciences Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - epidemiology Oregon - epidemiology Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis Seasons Washington - epidemiology
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