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Kawasaki syndrome
also: Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Acute medium-vessel vasculitis of early childhood.
- Specialty
- Pediatrics
- Subspecialty
- Pediatrics / Pediatric rheumatology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected, 1.5:1 male predominance; Female: affected; Children: yes, mostly under 5 years
- Gene(s) involved
- CASP3, FCGR2A, ITPKC, ORAI1
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Immune-mediated vasculitis with coronary artery aneurysm risk.
Gene(s) involved (4)
Symptoms & signs (7)
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