Use of Corticosteroid in Children with Unresponsiveness to Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Kawasaki Disease

Background Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a vasculitis with multi-organ involvementof unknown etiology; it is the most common cause of pediatric-heart diseases in developed countries. Treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) prevents coronary artery lesions; although there are some IVIG-resistant...

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Main Authors: Abdolkarim Hamedi, Sarah ghahremani, Abdolreza Malek, Somayeh Ghahremani, Alireza Ataei Nakhaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2017-08-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7117_59426408249cf4415eb312bf998e1c27.pdf