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INCREASED INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY OF KAWASAKI DISEASE AMONG FILIPINO-AMERICANS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

Journal

PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 30, Issue 10, Pages 909-911

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31821e52c6

Keywords

Kawasaki disease; coronary artery aneurysm; Filipino; Asian

Funding

  1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [HL69413, K24 HL074864]
  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [K23 HD56939]
  3. Harold Amos Faculty Development Award
  4. APS/SPR

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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.

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