Increased Incidence and Severity of Kawasaki Disease Among Filipino-Americans in San Diego County
- 1 October 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 30 (10) , 909-911
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0b013e31821e52c6
Abstract
This study compared characteristics of Kawasaki disease (KD) in Filipino and non-Filipino children. Filipino KD patients had a higher coronary artery Z-score (P = 0.016) and aneurysm rate (P = 0.021) than KD patients of non-Filipino Asian and non-Asian descent.Keywords
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