Title :

Usefulness and safety of anakinra in refractory kawasaki disease complicated by coronary artery aneurysm

Author(s) :

Guillaume, Marie-Paule [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Reumaux, Heloise [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Dubos, Francois [Auteur]
METRICS : Evaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales - ULR 2694
Evaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales - ULR 2694 [METRICS]

Journal title :

Cardiology in the Young

Abbreviated title :

Cardiol Young

Volume number :

28

Pages :

739 - 742

Publication date :

2018-05

ISSN :

1467-1107

English keyword(s) :

Refractory Kawasaki disease
children
coronary aneurysm
anakinra

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Kawasaki disease is an acute self-limited vasculitis of unknown aetiology. The prognosis depends mainly on coronary damage. There is no consensus regarding optimal adjunctive therapeutics for refractory forms to treatment ...
Show more >Kawasaki disease is an acute self-limited vasculitis of unknown aetiology. The prognosis depends mainly on coronary damage. There is no consensus regarding optimal adjunctive therapeutics for refractory forms to treatment by intravenous immunoglobulins and corticosteroids. We report the case of an 18-month-old infant with refractory Kawasaki disease complicated by diffuse aneurysms of coronary arteries and successfully treated by anakinra with partial regression of coronary aneurysms.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

CHU Lille
Université de Lille

Collections :

• METRICS : Evaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales - ULR 2694

Submission date :

2019-12-09T18:18:20Z
2024-05-31T14:16:36Z