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BRAINSTEM AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIALS AND VISUAL POTENTIALS IN KAWASAKI DISEASE: EXPRESSION OF CNS VASCULITIS?

M. C. MaggioC. M. MinisteriI. MaccoraG. VitalitiE. PrinziG. Corsello

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Kawasaki disease vasculitis heart disease

description

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited vasculitis of infants and children that is nowadays the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children. Transient sensorineural hearing loss (20 to 35 dB) is a possible complication of acute phase KD and may be related to salicylate toxicity in some patients.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/390083