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Late diagnosis of Kawasaki disease is associated with haptoglobin phenotype.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 May 2000
Lee W C, Hwang K P, King Y T, Chen H C, Chiou S S, Yang R C, Huang T Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile illness characterized by multiple clinical and biochemical features of inflammation and the most common complications of coronary artery abnormality (CAA). Haptoglobin (Hp) is an acute-phase protein whose phenotype is known to be involved in coronary artery diseases. In this paper, we report the investigation of the association of Hp phenotype with the...
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