Plasma Clusterin Concentrations May Predict Resistance to Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Patients with Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitic syndrome of early childhood often complicated by coronary artery lesion that drastically reduces the quality of life. The study aimed to identify a reliable marker for predicting nonresponsiveness to the first course of intravenous immunoglobulin...
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Main Authors: | Mei-Chen Ou-Yang, Ho-Chang Kuo, I-Chun Lin, Jiunn-Ming Sheen, Fu-Chen Huang, Chih-Cheng Chen, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ying-Jui Lin, Hong-Ren Yu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2013-01-01
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Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/382523 |
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