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. 2013 Dec;32(12):1392-4.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182a0960b.

Hoarseness as a presenting sign in children with Kawasaki disease

Shelby C Leuin  1 , Swetha Shanbhag, Denise Lago, Yuichiro Sato, Xiaoying Sun, Sonia Jain, Jane C Burns, Adriana H Tremoulet
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Hoarseness as a presenting sign in children with Kawasaki disease

Shelby C Leuin et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

We noted that many patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) were hoarse at presentation and thus evaluated the frequency of hoarseness in children with acute KD. New onset hoarseness was noted in 86 of 287 (30%) prospectively assessed KD patients. Laryngoscopic examination of 3 hoarse patients with acute KD revealed edema and erythema of the larynx.

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