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Kawasaki disease in a girl with Turner syndrome: a remarkable association.
Italian journal of pediatrics - 28 Feb 2014
Stagi Stefano, Losi Stefania, Chiarelli Francesco, de Martino Maurizio, Falcini Fernanda
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We describe a girl with Turner syndrome, a genetic disorder of the X chromosome in a phenotypic female at increased risk of autoimmune and immunological diseases, who developed Kawasaki disease at the age of four years. Given the possible relationship between these two disorders, we recommend suspecting Kawasaki disease in patients with Turner syndrome who present with persistent fever of unknown origin and who...
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