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Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. · Feb 2007
Lack of value of procalcitonin for prediction of coronary aneurysms in Kawasaki disease.
- Charlotte Catalano-Pons, Marie-Claude André, Martin Chalumeau, Sylvie Guérin, and Dominique Gendrel.
- Service de Pédiatrie Générale, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France.
- Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2007 Feb 1; 26 (2): 179-80.
AbstractWe studied the clinical, biologic (white blood cells, C-reactive protein and procalcitonin) and echocardiographic findings in 18 children hospitalized for Kawasaki disease from January 1999 until February 2006 to determine if procalcitonin is a useful marker to predict coronary aneurysms. In our study, contrary to earlier reports, elevated procalcitonin was not correlated with development of coronary aneurysms.
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