A novel score system of blood tests for differentiating Kawasaki disease from febrile children.
<h4>Background</h4>Kawasaki disease is the most common cause of acquired heart disease among febrile children under the age of 5 years old. It is also a clinically diagnosed disease. In this study, we developed and assessed a novel score system using objective parameters to differentiate...
Main Authors: | Chih-Min Tsai, Chi-Hsiang Chu, Xi Liu, Ken-Pen Weng, Shih-Feng Liu, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ho-Chang Kuo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244721 |
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