Article
Immunogenetics of Kawasaki disease.
Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology - 1 Aug 2020
Kumrah Rajni, Vignesh Pandiarajan, Rawat Amit, Singh Surjit
Abstract excerpt
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a medium vessel vasculitis that affects young children. Despite extensive research over the last 50 years, the etiology of KD remains an enigma. Seasonal change in wind patterns was shown to have correlation with the epidemics of KD in Japan. Occurrence of disease in epidemiological clusters, seasonal variation, and a very low risk of recurrence suggest that KD is triggered by an...
Topics
- Animals
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Coronary Vessels
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Immunogenetics
- Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Risk Factors