Comparing Two Treatments for IVIG-Resistant Kawasaki Disease – Evidence Update for Clinicians Children with resistant KD who received infliximab were more likely to have their fever resolve within 24 hours than were children who received a second dose of...
Comparing Two Treatments for Resistant Kawasaki Disease – Evidence Update for Parents Compared with children who received a second dose of IVIG, children who received infliximab were more likely to have their fever end within 24 hours. Children who...
Navigating Kawasaki Disease Together: A Dialogue with Experts for Patients and Caregivers The Kawasaki Disease Foundation teamed up with Kawasaki Disease Canada to host a symposium titled “Navigating Kawasaki Disease Together: A Dialogue with Experts for Patients...
Control Participants Needed: individuals with no history of KD and who are not first relatives of someone with a history of KD The Kawasaki Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego, is looking for participants for...
Etanercept With IVIg for Acute Kawasaki Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial Dr. Michael A. Portman and colleagues have published the results of a clinical trial showing benefits by etanercept (brand name Enbrel) for Kawasaki Disease patients. The results were...
Groundbreaking research at Seattle Children’s Hospital to help diagnose rare health condition SEATTLE – A groundbreaking researching happening right here in Washington is giving doctors new hope at better treating and diagnosing a rare health condition called Kawasaki disease....
New study aims to better understand Kawasaki disease BALTIMORE – A new study looks to define the antibody characteristics, including clonality, of plasmablasts during Kawasaki Disease (KD). Findings from the study will be presented during the Pediatric Academic Societies...
New study identifies a previously unrecognized virus from a known virus family that has caused an infection in KD children during the onset of symptoms The results of a new study conducted by Dr. Anne Rowley and her team...
This article was published by Jackie Carr via UC San Diego Health on August 6, 2018. Researchers Identify Potential Diagnostic Test for Kawasaki Disease For the first time, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine...