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Kawasaki disease (KD), formerly known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome and infantile polyarteritis nodosa , is an acute febrile illness of childhood seen worldwide, with the highest incidence occurring in Asian children. KD is a systemic inflammatory disorder manifesting as…
Historical Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is one of the most common vasculitides of childhood. This vasculitis bears the name Kawasaki disease because of the highly detailed description of this illness in 50 children by Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967. Scattered case…