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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar;60(3):307-308.
doi: 10.1111/ped.13489. Epub 2018 Feb 26.

Marked pleural effusion after i.v. immunoglobulin therapy for Kawasaki disease

Keiichi Koizumi  1 , Minako Hoshiai  1 , Takako Toda  1 , Takaya Nakane  1 , Kanji Sugita  1
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Case Reports

Marked pleural effusion after i.v. immunoglobulin therapy for Kawasaki disease

Keiichi Koizumi et al. Pediatr Int. 2018 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: Kawasaki disease; disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; immunoglobulin; pleural effusion; side-effect.

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