Studying manifestations of Kawasaki disease in head, neck and mouth in 5 hospitals of Tehran
Kawasaki syndrome is an acute systemic disease found in 1967 by Kawasaki as " Mucocutaneous Lymphnode Syndrome". It was initially known as a benign children disease until it was found that it can cause sudden death in some patients. Still the etiology of the disease in unknown. 50% of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
1997-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Dental Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://jdm.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-611&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
| Summary: | Kawasaki syndrome is an acute systemic disease
found in 1967 by Kawasaki as " Mucocutaneous Lymphnode Syndrome". It was
initially known as a benign children disease until it was found that it can
cause sudden death in some patients. Still the etiology of the disease in
unknown. 50% of the patients are under 2years and 80% are under 4 years while
there are some cases of the disease in adults. Diagnosis criteria are 5-21 days
antibiotic-resistant fever, conjunctivitis, changes in oral mucosa, cervical lymphadenopathy and dermal and
mucosal lesions. In this study 48 (10 f/38 m)patients with Kawasaki disease
were selected from 5 hospitals in Tehran. None had mentioned consanguineous marriage or
familial history of the disease. The
most incidence of the disease was found in summer and spring which confirmed
the seasonal pattern of the disease.
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| ISSN: | 1024-641X 2008-2444 |