Are infantile periarteritis nodosa with coronary artery involvement and fatal mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome the same? Comparison of 20 patients from North …
BH Landing, EJ Larson - Pediatrics, 1977 - publications.aap.org
We reviewed available clinical and pathologic autopsy material from 20 patients with
infantile periarteritis nodosa with coronary artery involvement (IPN) from the continental
United States, two Hawaiian patients with fatal mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
(MCLS; Kawasaki disease), and three patients with classical periarteritis nodosa (CPN).
Comparison of the findings in patients with IPN and in patients with MCLS from Hawaii to
material from patients with fatal MCLS from Japan showed no definite clinical reason to …
infantile periarteritis nodosa with coronary artery involvement (IPN) from the continental
United States, two Hawaiian patients with fatal mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
(MCLS; Kawasaki disease), and three patients with classical periarteritis nodosa (CPN).
Comparison of the findings in patients with IPN and in patients with MCLS from Hawaii to
material from patients with fatal MCLS from Japan showed no definite clinical reason to …