A case of incomplete Kawasaki disease with extremely high serum ferritin and interleukin-18 levels

A case of incomplete Kawasaki disease with extremely high serum ferritin and interleukin-18 levels

Abstract Background The clinical features and laboratory parameters of patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) occasionally overlap. Therefore, serum levels of cytokine and ferritin are used as markers to distinguish between KD and sJIA. KD patients have...

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Main Authors: Takanori Noto, Hiroki Seto, Junji Fukuhara, Masao Murabayashi, Akihiro Yachie, Mamoru Ayusawa, Ichiro Morioka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Ferritin
Interleukin-6
Interleukin-18
Kawasaki disease
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-018-1365-7

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