title: Facial nerve palsy in a thirteen-year-old male youth with Kawasaki disease.
abstract: A 13-year-old male youth was hospitalized with Kawasaki disease. In the course of the disease he developed a facial nerve palsy and an aneurysm of the right coronary artery. After treatment with immunoglobulins both complications disappeared within 10 days and 1 month, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maarten H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Biezeveld
authors.forename: Bas S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Voorbrood
authors.forename: Sally-Ann B
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Clur
authors.forename: Taco W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kuijpers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous