Clinic Research on Kawasaki Disease in Children
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Allergy and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 8044
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Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 1961, Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki noticed a strange combination of characteristic manifestations in young children. He collected 50 similar cases into his ‘God Only Knows’ file. This file demonstrated a historical case series of a unique and complicated disease, which was later bore his name. After more than 60 years since the first case, we have obtained extensive knowledge about Kawasaki disease (KD). The countries where KD is diagnosed and treated are gradually increasing, particularly in Asia and Latin America, in addition to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, and the United States. Many researchers are competing to discover the distinct cause of this unique phenomenon.
However, its etiology has not been clearly elucidated. Particularly, discussions concerning its relationship with multisystem inflammatory syndrome induced by SARS-CoV2 was raised suddenly in 2020–2021. Its resemblance to KD is a hot topic and a significant key to the disclosure of the pathophysiology of KD.
We would like to collect novel discussions from all clinicians and researchers who are interested in this unique disease.
Prof. Dr. Mamoru Ayusawa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Kawasaki disease (KD)
- Coronary artery aneurysm
- Immunoglobulin
- Vasculitis
- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
- Children or child
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