Usefulness of BNP to distinguish Kawasaki disease from cervical lymphadenitis.

Taichiro MutoYu MasudaNami NakamuraShingo NumotoShunsuke KodamaRyosuke MiyamotoKenji MiyataTomohito HayakawaHiromitsu MoriYoshiyuki KuroyanagiMitsuko AkaihataHideyuki IwayamaHirokazu KurahashiYasuhito ShimomuraTakuhito NagaiToshinori HoriHiroatsu AgataAkihisa Okumura

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2021)

Serum BNP levels can be used to distinguish KD from CL, especially in patients with NFKD.

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