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European Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics 3/2005

01-03-2005 | Short Report

Acute pancreatitis with Kawasaki disease: analysis of cases with elevated serum amylase levels

Authors: Takeshi Asano, Nobuko Sasaki, Kentaroh Yashiro, Takayuki Hatori, Kentaroh Kuwabara, Hisamitsu Hamada, Taiyou Imai, Osamu Fujino

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 3/2005

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Kawasaki disease (KD) is a multi-system disorder of unknown origin [4]. Although inflammatory changes in the pancreas have been reported in KD [1, 6], there have been few reports of clinical pancreatitis [2, 3, 5]. …
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Title
Acute pancreatitis with Kawasaki disease: analysis of cases with elevated serum amylase levels
Authors
Takeshi Asano
Nobuko Sasaki
Kentaroh Yashiro
Takayuki Hatori
Kentaroh Kuwabara
Hisamitsu Hamada
Taiyou Imai
Osamu Fujino
Publication date
01-03-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 3/2005
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-004-1589-4

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