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Cardiology
Relationship between serum sodium level and coronary artery abnormality in Kawasaki disease
Sora Park, Lucy Youngmin Eun, Ji Hong Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2017;60(2):38-44.   Published online February 27, 2017
Purpose

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an immune-related multisystemic vasculitis that occurs in children, especially ensuing from a coronary artery abnormality. Sodium level is known to be related to vascular injury, which could affect the progress of KD. The purpose of this study was to determine the serum sodium levels that could predict the occurrence of cardiac and coronary artery events in...

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