Kawasaki Disease
Common Name(s)
Kawasaki Disease, Acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Kawasaki syndrome
Advocacy and Support Organizations
Condition Specific Organizations
Following organizations serve the condition "Kawasaki Disease" for support, advocacy or research.
Our organization was formed in 1985 with the main mission of providing support, information, resources, and education for the families of the children living with congenital heart defects and to promote public awareness of the issues that these families live with on a day to day basis.
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Advocacy and Support Organizations
Condition Specific Organizations
Following organizations serve the condition "Kawasaki Disease" for support, advocacy or research.
Our organization was formed in 1985 with the main mission of providing support, information, resources, and education for the families of the children living with congenital heart defects and to promote public awareness of the issues that these families live with on a day to day basis.
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Scientific Literature
Articles from the PubMed Database
Research articles describe the outcome of a single study. They are the published results of original research.
The terms "Kawasaki Disease" returned 766 free, full-text research articles on human participants.
First 3 results:
Journal: Am. J. Cardiol.. 2017 Apr;119(7):967-971.
Subsets of patients with a remote history of Kawasaki disease (KD) have coronary artery aneurysms with associated risks of late morbidity. In a pilot study, we previously showed that computed tomography (CT) coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring detects late CAC in patients with aneurysms ...
Journal: Circ. J.. 2017 Mar;81(4):537-542.
Kawasaki disease (KD) is classified as a systemic vasculitis syndrome and QT interval dispersion (QTD) has been associated with cardiac involvement and disease activity in patients with cardiovasculitis. We examined whether baseline QTD could predict a response to intravenous immunoglobulin ...
Journal: Indian Pediatr. 2017 Jan;54(1):51-52.
Several bacterial and viral infections are listed as triggering factors for Kawasaki disease; association with dengue fever is rare.
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Reviews from the PubMed Database
Review articles summarize what is currently known about a disease. They discuss research previously published by others.
The terms "Kawasaki Disease" returned 58 free, full-text review articles on human participants.
First 3 results:
Journal: Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi. 2016 Dec;18(12):1319-1323.
Vitamin D is an important steroid hormone, which has a wide biological effect and is the protective factor against cardiovascular disease and other diseases. At present, the etiology and pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD) remain unknown, but recent studies have shown that vitamin ...
Journal: J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 2016 Apr;67(14):1738-49.
Kawasaki disease is an acute, self-limited vasculitis of unknown etiology that occurs predominantly in infants and children. If not treated early with high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin, 1 in 5 children develop coronary artery aneurysms; this risk is reduced 5-fold if intravenous ...
Journal: Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi. 2016 Jan;18(1):29-33.
To investigate renal artery injury caused by Kawasaki disease (KD).
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Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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Condition Summary: Kawasaki Disease
Condition Summary: Kawasaki Disease
Condition Summary: Kawasaki Disease
Finding the right clinical trial for Kawasaki Disease can be challenging. However, with TrialsFinder (which uses the Reg4ALL database and privacy controls by Private Access), you can permit researchers to let you know opportunities to consider - all without revealing your identity.