Kawasaki Disease

References

Citations

  1. Barron KS, et al. (1999). Report on the National Institutes of Health workshop on Kawasaki disease. Journal of Rheumatology, 26(1): 170–190.

Other Works Consulted

  • Mandell BF (2006). Kawasaki disease section of Systemic vasculitis syndromes. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 15, chap. 8. New York: WebMD.

  • Newburger JW, et al. (2006). Kawasaki disease. In FD Burg et al., eds., Current Pediatric Therapy, 18th ed., pp. 497–503. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  • Oates-Whitehead RM, et al. (2003). Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of Kawasaki disease in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(4). Oxford: Update Software.

  • Shulman ST (2004). Kawasaki disease. In R Feigin et al., eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1055–1074. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  • Sneller MC, et al. (2005). Kawasaki disease section of The vasculitis syndromes. In DL Kasper et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed., vol. 2, p. 2012. New York: McGraw-Hill.


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Author: Alison Allen
Debby Golonka, MPH
Last Updated: April 6, 2007
Medical Review: Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics
Stanford T. Shulman, MD - Pediatrics

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