Rising incidence of Kawasaki disease in England: analysis of hospital admission data

Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed world and may be a risk factor for adult ischaemic heart disease.1 A fifth of untreated children develop cardiac lesions during the acute phase of the disease. The cause remains uncertain. Epidemiological st...

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Published in:BMJ 2002-06, Vol.324 (7351), p.1424-1425
Main Authors: Harnden, Anthony, Alves, Bernadette, Sheikh, Aziz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Admissions
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular disease
Child health services
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
England
England - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Health risk assessment
Hospital admissions
Hospitals
Humans
Incidence
Infant
International Statistical Classification of Diseases
Kawasaki syndrome
Male
Medical sciences
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - epidemiology
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Patient admissions
Primary health care
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
Studies
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Summary:Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed world and may be a risk factor for adult ischaemic heart disease.1 A fifth of untreated children develop cardiac lesions during the acute phase of the disease. The cause remains uncertain. Epidemiological studies support an infectious agent inducing the disease in a genetically susceptible minority. Superantigen toxins have been implicated.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
0959-535X
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.324.7351.1424