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Macrophage activation syndrome in children with Kawasaki disease: an experience from a tertiary care hospital in northwest India.

Rakesh Kumar PilaniaAnkur Kumar JindalNameirakpam JohnsonAshwini PrithviPandiarajan VigneshDeepti SuriDeepti SuriAnju GuptaSurjit Singh
Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
MAS is an unusual and underrecognized complication of KD. In our cohort of 950 patients with KD, 1.3% had developed MAS. KD with MAS is associated with an increased propensity towards development of coronary artery abnormalities.
Keyphrases
  • coronary artery
  • pulmonary artery
  • young adults
  • adipose tissue
  • case report
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension