or Kawasaki syndrome is a rare kind of vasculitis or blood vessel inflammation. The swelling in blood vessels makes them weak and stretched out, risking their tearing or narrowing. This limits how ...

Kawasaki Syndrome is a rare medical condition that mostly affects children under the age of five. The disease affects blood vessels, skin, mouth and lymph nodes. The coronary arteries that carry ...

Pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki, famed for discovering the inflammatory syndrome of an unknown cause in young children later named after him, died June 5 of old age in a Tokyo hospital.

Kawasaki disease is an inflammatory condition in which blood vessels become swollen, which can lead to complications in the coronary arteries. Also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome ...

Background: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a multisystemic vasculitis primarily affecting children <5 years. A review of RotaTeq (rotavirus vaccine live) clinical trial data revealed higher, though not ...