Kawasaki disease in siblings.

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  • M Hewitt
  • L J Smith
  • H S Joffe
  • T L Chambers
چکیده

We report a case of mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, which was diagnosed in a 13 month old boy two years after the death of his sister from the same disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of disease in childhood

دوره 64 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989