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A case of incomplete Kawasaki disease with extremely high serum ferritin and interleukin-18 levels.

Takanori NotoHiroki SetoJunji FukuharaMasao MurabayashiAkihiro YachieMamoru AyusawaIchiro Morioka
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2018)
Although patients with sJIA generally have high serum levels of IL-18 and ferritin, this was a case of incomplete KD with extremely high serum levels of IL-18 and ferritin. Serum cytokine and ferritin are often used for the differential diagnosis of KD and sJIA. We need to recognize the existence of KD with high serum levels of IL-18 and ferritin.
Keyphrases
  • iron deficiency