Background Evidence indicates that corticosteroid therapy might be beneficial for the primary
treatment of severe Kawasaki disease. We assessed whether addition of prednisolone to …

Background Several coronary artery Z score models have been developed. However, a Z
score model derived by the lambda-mu-sigma (LMS) method has not been established. …

Importance Few studies with sufficient statistical power have shown the association of
thezscore of the coronary arterial internal diameter with coronary events (CE) in patients with …

Background The RAISE study showed that additional prednisolone improved coronary artery
outcomes in patients with Kawasaki disease at high risk of intravenous immunoglobulin (…

More than 50 years have passed since Kawasaki disease (KD) was first reported. 1 According
to a nationwide survey, the number of patients with KD who became adults was 136,960 …

The article discusses the sixth revised diagnostic guidelines for Kawasaki disease (KD)
among children in Japan. The revisions from the fifth guidelines include fever duration to five …

Objectives”, explains how to select and use various test methods for evaluating disease
states, the prognosis, and the effects of treatment. References to the literature published since …

Introduction Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) offer a unique opportunity for
disease modeling. However, it is not invariably successful to recapitulate the disease …

Background: We reported previously that intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) plus prednisolone
for initial therapy for Kawasaki disease (KD) prevented coronary artery abnormalities (…

We determined the relative value of the metastatic colorectal cancer doubling time as a
predictor of recurrence and survival after hepatectomy in comparison with other established …