Kawasaki disease in adults: Observations in France and literature review

doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2015.11.010

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Kawasaki disease in adults: Observations in France and literature review

CollaboratorsSerratrice, Jacques

Published inAutoimmunity reviews, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 242-249

Publication date2016

Abstract

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis that mostly occurs in young children and rarely in adults. We analyzed the characteristics of adult-onset KD (AKD) in France.

Keywords

Adult
Aspirin/therapeutic use
Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology
France
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/therapeutic use
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome/complications/therapy
United States

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de réadaptation et gériatrie

Research groups

Groupe Perrier Arnaud (Médecine interne générale, de réhabilitation et de gériatrie) (585)

Citation (ISO format)

Kawasaki disease in adults: Observations in France and literature review. In: Autoimmunity reviews, 2016, vol. 15, n° 3, p. 242–249. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2015.11.010

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:90144
DOI : 10.1016/j.autrev.2015.11.010
PMID : 26631821

Journal ISSN1568-9972

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Kawasaki disease in adults: Observations in France and literature review

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis that mostly occurs in young children and rarely in adults. We analyzed the characteristics of adult-onset KD (AKD) in France.

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