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Kawasaki disease | Febrile vasculitis with an acute course typical of infants up to the age of 4: autoimmune disease that affects the arteries of small and medium size |
Kawasaki disease: etymology of the term | The term "Kawasaki disease" comes from its discoverer: around 1960, Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki studied a case of a 4-year-old child who complained about the typical symptoms of the disease |
Kawasaki disease: synonyms | Lymph node mucocutaneous syndrome |
Kawasaki disease: incidence rate |
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Kawasaki disease: causes | Disease with unknown aetiology
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Kawasaki disease: symptoms |
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Essential clinical signs for the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease |
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Kawasaki disease: diagnosis |
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Kawasaki disease: therapies | Intravenous immunoglobulin administration (Privigen ® Kiovig ® Flebogammadif ®) associated with aspirin. Administration of infliximab (when the patient does not respond to the previous therapy) Objective therapies: reduction of inflammation and prevention of coronary complications |
Kawasaki disease: prognosis | In the vast majority of cases, the prognosis is good. 1-2% of patients with Kawasaki disease associated with heart disease: poor prognosis |