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The possible link between coeliac and Kawasaki diseases in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ open - 14 Feb 2018
Dos Santos Domingues Alessandra, Selleski Nicole, Uenishi Rosa Harumi, Medeiros Ribeiro de Magalhães Cristina, Gandolfi Lenora, Pratesi Claudia B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limited acute systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology that predominantly affects infants and young children eventually associated with immunological abnormalities. Coeliac disease (CD) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease characterised by a permanent gluten intolerance, which affects genetically susceptible individuals of any age group, and can cause intestinal and...
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