Incomplete Kawasaki disease: a pediatric diagnostic conflict/ Inkomplet Kawasaki hastaligi: pediatrik tanisal zorluk.(Letters to the Editor/Editore Mektuplar)(Letter to the editor)

The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu KardiyolojiDergisi) | June 1, 2008| | Copyright

Dear Editor,

We read with interest the article "Incomplete Kawasaki disease: a pediatric diagnostic conflict" by Celik et al (1). They reported two children with incomplete Kawasaki disease (KD) who responded to 2 g/kg single dose intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) and 3 mg/kg aspirin (1).

Sonobe et al. (2) recently reported that the coronary artery abnormality (CAA) prevalence of incomplete KD (18.4%) was higher than that of complete KD (14.2%) among 15,857 cases with KD (83.9% complete KD and 16.1% incomplete KD) using the data from the 17th Japanese ...

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