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Procalcitonin as a Biomarker of Unresponsiveness to Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Kawasaki Disease

Nami Nakamura, Taichiro Muto, Yu Masuda, Shingo Numoto, Shunsuke Kodama, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Kenji Miyata, Tomohito Hayakawa, Hiromitsu Mori, Yoshiyuki Kuroyanagi,

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2020 · 17 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

Serum PCT value can be an excellent biomarker for predicting unresponsiveness to IVIG with a good discriminatory ability as well as the existing prediction scores.

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Prediction of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Unresponsiveness in Patients With Kawasaki Disease

Tohru Kobayashi, Yoshinari Inoue, Kazuo Takeuchi et al. · Circulation · 2006 · 884 citations

Prediction of resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in patients with Kawasaki disease

Kimiyasu Egami, Hiromi Muta, Masahiro Ishii et al. · The Journal of Pediatrics · 2006 · 586 citations

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Prevention of cold-associated acute inflammation in familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome by interleukin-1 receptor antagonist

Hal M. Hoffman, Sanna Rosengren, David L. Boyle et al. · The Lancet · 2004 · 547 citations

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Ubiquitous Expression of the Calcitonin-I Gene in Multiple Tissues in Response to Sepsis<sup>1</sup>

Beat P. Müller‐Stich, Jon White, Eric Nylén et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2001 · 438 citations · Full text

Prediction of non-responsiveness to standard high-dose gamma-globulin therapy in patients with acute Kawasaki disease before starting initial treatment

Tetsuya Sano, Shunji Kurotobi, Kouji Matsuzaki et al. · European Journal of Pediatrics · 2006 · 424 citations

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