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Clinical significance of follow-up laboratory tests, performed at 6 weeks after the onset of Kawasaki disease
Il Ji Oh, Kyung Hee Moon, Myung Eun Hong, Yeon Soon Kim, Chang Woo Lee, Hyang Suk Yoon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2006;49(6):672-676.   Published online June 15, 2006
Purpose : Low dose aspirin is used due to its antiplatelet effect for the subacute phase of Kawasaki disease(KD). It is usually used for 6-8 weeks, then various hematologic laboratory tests and follow up echocardiography for evaluating coronary abnormalities are performed. Our review investigated the usefulness of various follow up laboratory tests performed at 6 weeks after the onset of...