NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO KAWASAKI SY NDROME AND REVIEW OF SOME CASES

Authors
NEUDORF U
Citation
U. Neudorf, NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO KAWASAKI SY NDROME AND REVIEW OF SOME CASES, Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin, 20, 1993, pp. 137-139
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology,Immunology
Journal title
Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10198466
Volume
20
Year of publication
1993
Supplement
1
Pages
137 - 139
Database
ISI
SICI code
1019-8466(1993)20:<137:NTATKS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Kawasaki disease is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. The p rognosis depends mainly on cardiac, mostly coronary involvement which can be significantly reduced with the use of immunoglobulins. The curr ent recommended therapy consists of a single dose of immunoglobulins ( 2 g/kg i.v.) combined with acetylsalicylic acid. During 1984-1992 we d iagnosed Kawasaki disease in 35 patients. Three of them not treated wi th immunoglobulins developed coronary aneurysms.