Severe jaundice in two children with Kawasaki disease: a possible association with Gilbert syndrome.

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Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis, mainly encountered in children. It may affect any organ. Acute cholestasis and severe obstructive jaundice is an atypical manifestation of the disease. We herein present two children with Kawasaki disease and severe direct hypebilibirunemia who also were homozygous and heterozygous respectively for the (TA)(7) promoter polymorphism of Gilbert syndrome. Intravenous...

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