title: Kawasaki syndrome in Chinese children.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of the clinical features and outcome of 39 Chinese children with Kawasaki syndrome was made. The mean age of onset was 2.7 years (range: 0.2-13 years). The male:female ratio was 2.9:1. One child presented with nephrotic syndrome. This renal manifestation has not been described in Kawasaki disease. Ten (32%) out of 31 patients were found to have coronary aneurysms by cross-sectional echocardiography. The only significant risk factor detected in this group of patients was anaemia (P less than 0.007). There was one (2.5%) death from acute myocardial infarction and the rest of the patients were clinically well with a mean follow-up period of 1 year (mean: 5-40 days). This study indicates that there is a high incidence of coronary aneurysm complicating Kawasaki syndrome in Chinese comparable with that reported in Japanese children.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Republic of Singapore.
authors: B W
authors: BW
authors: Lee
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Tay
authors: W C
authors: WC
authors: Yip
authors: H K
authors: HK
authors: Yap
authors: K Y
authors: KY
authors: Chan
authors: P S
authors: PS
authors: Low
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012846:Singapore