title: [Origin and importance of the Latin American Kawasaki Disease Network (REKAMLATINA)].
abstract: Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired cardiac disease in children. Although the epidemiology of the disease has been well described in Japan, other Asian countries, Europe, Australia and North America, the epidemiology and disease burden in Latin American children is unknown. For this reason, the idea of establishing a research network on Kawasaki disease in children from Latin America was born, becoming this the largest Kawasaki disease international multinational research network and in which 20 countries of the region will be integrated.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Pediátrico Agustín Zubillaga, Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Mata
authors.forename: Rolando
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ulloa-Gutierrez
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brea del Castillo
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soza
authors.forename: Adriana H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tremoulet
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D019058:Community Networks; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007843:Latin America; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome