Kawasaki disease.
The 5th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium was held in May 1995 in Fukuoka, Japan. No one infectious agent has been found to initiate the syndrome, although the occurrence of Kawasaki disease in epidemics and its resemblance to toxic-shock syndrome make an infectious etiology seem most likely.
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Regional Arthritis Program for Children, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors