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Incomplete (atypical) Kawasaki disease in a young infant with remarkable paucity of signs

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  1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Behcet Uz Children’s Hospital, Alsancak, 35210, Izmir, Turkey

    Murat Muhtar Yilmazer, Timur Mese, Savaş Demirpençe, Barış Guven & Taliha Öner

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Vedide Tavli & Ayça Vitrinel

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Behcet Uz Children’s Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

    Ilker Devrim & Leman Tekin Orgun

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Yilmazer, M.M., Mese, T., Demirpençe, S. et al. Incomplete (atypical) Kawasaki disease in a young infant with remarkable paucity of signs. Rheumatol Int 30, 991–992 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-009-1099-9

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