Learn Pediatrics - 80% to 90% of Kawasaki Disease cases occur in children under age 5 and older than 6 months. Kawasaki Disease is not contagious. It does not spread among family
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PDF) Kawasaki disease: Guidelines of the Italian Society of Pediatrics, part i - Definition, epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical expression and management of the acute phase
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Frank J. Minja MD on X: "Kawasaki Disease was first described in 1961 by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki (Japan) .. but search for an infectious agent has been elusive until now with #COVID19
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