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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Classification
- Patients whose illness does not meet the diagnostic criteria of Kawasaki disease case definition, but who have fever and coronary artery abnormalities are classified as:[1]
- Atypical or incomplete Kawasaki disease
- However for the patients of Atypical or incomplete kawasaki disease, an evidence of coronary abnormalities or CAA’s must be shown on the
echocardiogram.[2]
References
- ↑ Sánchez-Manubens J, Bou R, Anton J (2014). "Diagnosis and classification of Kawasaki disease". J. Autoimmun. 48-49: 113–7. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2014.01.010. PMID 24485156.
- ↑ Newburger, J. W.; Takahashi, M.; Gerber, M. A.; Gewitz, M. H.; Tani, L. Y.; Burns, J. C.; Shulman, S. T.; Bolger, A. F.; Ferrieri, P.; Baltimore, R. S.; Wilson, W. R.; Baddour, L. M.; Levison, M. E.; Pallasch, T. J.; Falace, D. A.; Taubert, K. A. (2004). "Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Statement for Health Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association". PEDIATRICS. 114 (6): 1708–1733. doi:10.1542/peds.2004-2182. ISSN 0031-4005.