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Kawasaki disease: pathophysiology and insights from mouse models.
Nature reviews. Rheumatology - 1 Jul 2020
Noval Rivas Magali, Arditi Moshe
Abstract excerpt
Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile illness and systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology that predominantly afflicts young children, causes coronary artery aneurysms and can result in long-term cardiovascular sequelae. Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease among children in the USA. Coronary artery aneurysms develop in some untreated children with Kawasaki disease, leading to ischaemic...
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