News tagged with kawasaki disease

Bypass surgery has long-term benefits for children with Kawasaki disease

Coronary artery bypass surgery provides long-term benefits for children whose hearts and blood vessels are damaged by Kawasaki disease, Japanese researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jun 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

New genetic study sheds light on serious childhood disease

Genetic variations that can predispose children to a serious disease that damages the heart have been identified in a genome-wide association study of Kawasaki Disease, published today in PLoS Genetics.

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Jan 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0