Seasonality of i.v. immunoglobulin responsiveness in Kawasaki disease.
Shinji KidoRyusuke AeKoki KosamiYuri MatsubaraNobuko MakinoTeppei SasaharaMasanari KuwabaraYasuko AoyamaMayumi YashiroHiroshi YanagawaYoshikazu NakamuraPublished in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2019)
The results indicate that the currently unknown etiological agents of KD might differ between IVIG responders and non-responders. In addition, immune reactivity against such agents possibly differs by sex in the IVIG non-responders.
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