Kawasaki Disease and Autoimmune Diseases

Chieh-Mao Chuang^{1

2}, Meng-Che Wu^{3

4}, Pui-Ying Leong^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Medical Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asia University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
³ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Medical Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁵ School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁶ Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁷ Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁸ PhD Program of Business, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Editorial

Chieh-Mao Chuang et al. Int J Rheum Dis. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;28(4):e70224.

doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.70224.

Chieh-Mao Chuang^{1

2}, Meng-Che Wu^{3

4}, Pui-Ying Leong^{5

6

7

8}

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Medical Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asia University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
³ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Medical Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁵ School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁶ Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁷ Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁸ PhD Program of Business, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.

No abstract available

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