title: Periungual desquamation in patients with Kawasaki disease.
abstract: Periungual desquamation is one of the clinical signs included in the Kawasaki disease (KD) case definition that manifests after the acute febrile phase of the illness. This clinical sign is sometimes used to diagnose cases that were initially missed. We conducted a retrospective review to determine the frequency with which periungual desquamation is associated with KD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Brookie M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: Jane C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005334:Fever; D005385:Fingers; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014034:Toes