The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 792-797 , May 2010

Urinary Cytokines and Renal Doppler Study in Kawasaki Disease

  • Jing-Ming Wu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuan-Yow Chiou, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Pin Hung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kuo General Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Nan-Tsing Chiu, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mei-Ju Chen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Chung Hwa Institute of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jieh-Neng Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jieh-Neng Wang, MD, Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 70421, Taiwan.

Received 25 June 2009 ,Revised 13 October 2009 ,Accepted 13 November 2009.

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 Part of this study was presented at the IX International Kawasaki Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008.

 Supported by National Cheng Kung University Hospital (Grant NCKUH-970216). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)01155-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.046

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 792-797 , May 2010

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