The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 142, Issue 6 , Pages 611-616, June 2003

Corticosteroids in the initial treatment of Kawasaki disease: Report of a randomized trial☆☆☆★

Departments of Medicine and Cardiology, Children's Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 28 May 2002; received in revised form 21 November 2002; accepted 14 February 2003.

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☆ Supported in part by the Kobren Fund.

☆☆ The study sponsors had no role in study design; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

★ Reprint requests: Robert P. Sundel, MD, Rheumatology Program, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115. E-mail: Robert.Sundel@tch.harvard.edu.

PII: S0022-3476(03)00117-3

doi:10.1067/mpd.2003.191

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