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SUBMITTER: Ou-Yang MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3727184 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ou-Yang Mei-Chen MC Kuo Ho-Chang HC Lin I-Chun IC Sheen Jiunn-Ming JM Huang Fu-Chen FC Chen Chih-Cheng CC Huang Ying-Hsien YH Lin Ying-Jui YJ Yu Hong-Ren HR
TheScientificWorldJournal 20130715
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitic syndrome of early childhood often complicated by coronary artery lesion that drastically reduces the quality of life. The study aimed to identify a reliable marker for predicting nonresponsiveness to the first course of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in KD patients. A total of 63 patients with KD were enrolled in the study (IVIG response, 58; IVIG resistance, 5). Plasma samples were collected before and after IVIG infusion for measurement o ...[more]