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Kawasaki disease: a matter of innate immunity.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Nov 2016
Hara T, Nakashima Y, Sakai Y, Nishio H, Motomura Y, Yamasaki S
Abstract excerpt
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of childhood that does not have a known cause or aetiology. The epidemiological features (existence of epidemics, community outbreaks and seasonality), unique age distribution and clinical symptoms and signs of KD suggest that the disease is caused by one or more infectious environmental triggers. However, KD is not transmitted person-to-person and does not...
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