title: History of Kawasaki disease.
abstract: We describe a short history of Kawasaki disease. In 1967, we published a paper entitled 'Infantile acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome with specific desquamation of the fingers and toes. Clinical observation of 50 cases'; this was the first report on what is now called Kawasaki disease. Since then, many reports on cardiology, treatment, epidemiology, pathology and etiology of Kawasaki disease have been published. Furthermore, a recent Chapel Hill Consensus Statement on Kawasaki disease in the classification of vasculitis is given, along with a figure on the relationship and classification of childhood vasculitis by autopsy material.
authors.affiliation: Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center, 6F Kubo BLDG, 1-1-1 Kanda-Sudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0041, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomisaku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naoe
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069285:Infliximab; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D000069285:Infliximab; D008775:Methylprednisolone