Kawasaki Disease - a Case Report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.640Abstract
Kawasaki disease, first described by Tomisaku Kawasaki in
1967, is an acute systemic vasculitis of infancy and childhood.
It is now the leading cause of acquired heart disease in
developed countries. The most common age group affected is
between 6 months to 5 years and the peak incidence is in
children aged 9 to 11 months. The disease has male
preponderance with the male female ratio of 1.5:1. Though
the exact etiology is not known the disease is known to be
associated with unusual degree of immune activation and
immunoregulatory abnormality.
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