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Original Article
Lipid Profile Changes in Kawasaki Disease Patients
Ye-Jhin Lee, Young-Seok Lee, Myung-Chul Hyun, Sang-Bum Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2000;43(2):216-222.   Published online February 15, 2000
Purpose : Abnormality in the composition of lipid metabolism is well known to be a main cause of atherosclerosis. Accordingly the abnormality in lipid metabolism after suffering from Kawasaki disease may lead to premature coronary atherosclerosis. The aim of this study is to investigate the abnormalities of lipid metabolism in patients with Kawasaki disease. We studied 67 patients with Kawasaki...