Kawasaki disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Kawasaki disease, or a subtype of Kawasaki disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Kawasaki disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Kawasaki disease: Introduction
Incidence (annual) of Kawasaki disease: 30 cases in NJ 1998 (NJ DHSS)
Incidence Rate of Kawasaki disease: approx 1 in 271,440 or 0.00% or 1,002 people in USA [about data]
Patient Profile for Kawasaki disease: Mostly children under five; possible in adults
Gender Ratio for Kawasaki disease: female predominance
Racial predominance for Kawasaki disease: Japan
Complications of Kawasaki disease:
see complications of Kawasaki disease
Causes of Kawasaki disease: see causes of Kawasaki disease
Risk factors for Kawasaki disease:
see
risk factors for Kawasaki disease
Symptoms of Kawasaki disease: see symptoms of Kawasaki disease
Complications of Kawasaki disease: see complications of Kawasaki disease
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Kawasaki disease
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Kawasaki disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Kawasaki disease.
Treatments for Kawasaki disease:
see treatments for Kawasaki disease
Research for Kawasaki disease:
see research for Kawasaki disease
Main name of condition: Kawasaki disease
Other names or spellings for Kawasaki disease:mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, MLN, KD, Infantile polyarteritis
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Source - Diseases Database
Kawasaki disease, Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Kawasaki disease
Source - WordNet 2.1
Infantile polyarteritis, KD(Kawasaki disease), Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Infantile polyarteritis, KD(Kawasaki disease), Infantile polyarteritis, KD(Kawasaki disease)
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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