A nationwide survey in South Korea highlights a high peak incidence of Kawasaki disease in children under 5, alongside a decreasing incidence of giant coronary artery aneurysms.
Alerts clinicians to sustained high KD burden in East Asia; leaves open drivers of declining giant aneurysms.
Peak incidence of KD in South Korea was 202.2 per 100,000 younger than 5 years population (2015), and the incidence of giant coronary artery aneurysm decreased to 0.09% (2017).
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