Neurological involvement in Kawasaki disease: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limiting systemic vasculitis that predominately affects children. Neurological involvement is a known complication of KD, however, its association with KD severity remains elusive. We aimed to systematically describe the general manifestations of neurological involvement in KD, determine whether neurological involvement is a marker of disease severity in patients with KD, and assess the relationship of such involvement with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) resistance and coronary artery lesions (CALs).

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed data from 1582 patients with KD between January 2013 and December 2017. Profiles of patients with neurological symptoms (group A, n = 80) were compared to those of gender- and admission dat

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362431 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature