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SUBMITTER: Menikou S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584825 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Menikou Stephanie S Langford Paul R PR Levin Michael M
Frontiers in immunology 20190612
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an inflammatory disease in children associated with vasculitis affecting predominantly the coronary arteries and is now the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. The etiology of KD is unknown but epidemiological studies implicate an infectious agent or toxin, which causes disease in genetically predisposed individuals. The presence of immune complexes (ICs) in the serum of children with KD was established in numerous studies duri ...[more]