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April 1, 1995PEDIATRICS

Epidemiologic Pictures of Kawasaki Disease in Japan: From the Nationwide Incidence Survey in 1991 and 1992

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Population

11,221 patients with Kawasaki disease diagnosed during the 2-year period from January 1991 through December…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

HYHiroshi YanagawaKanazawa UniversityMYMayumi YashiroJichi Medical UniversityYNYosikazu NakamuraGeneral / Preventive / Lipids

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to markedly higher Kawasaki disease incidence in Japanese children; leaves open etiological and preventive research needs.

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Population
11,221 patients with Kawasaki disease diagnosed during the 2-year period from January 1991 through December 1992 in Japan
O
Outcome
Incidence rate and epidemiological characteristics of Kawasaki disease

The incidence rate of Kawasaki disease in Japan was 90 per 100,000 children < 5 years old in 1991-1992, which is ten times higher than in western countries.

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Yanagawa et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8cfb3958db4b48d89682e4https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.95.4.475
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