title: Increased incidence and severity of Kawasaki disease among Filipino-Americans in San Diego county.
abstract: This study compared characteristics of Kawasaki disease (KD) in Filipino and non-Filipino children. Filipino KD patients had a higher coronary artery Z-score (P = 0.016) and aneurysm rate (P = 0.021) than KD patients of non-Filipino Asian and non-Asian descent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. atremoulet@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Adriana H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tremoulet
authors.forename: Gemmie
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Devera
authors.forename: Brookie M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jimenez-Fernandez
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Jane C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*