Kawasaki Disease Research Links

Long term impacts

Sensorineural hearing loss in patients with Kawasaki Disease

Sun Young Park, MD, Young Hyun Kim, MD, Yeo Hyang Kim, MD, PhD, Myung Chul Hyun, MD, PhD, and Young Hwan Lee, MD, PhD

November 2015

This study indicates that sensorineural hearing loss in children with Kawasaki Disease might occur during treatment of the acute phase; this SNHL usually involves mild bilateral hearing loss and recovers naturally.

Cardiovascular status after Kawasaki Disease in the UK

V Shah,1 G Christov,2 T Mukasa,2 K S Brogan,1 A Wade,3 D Eleftheriou,1 M Levin,4 RM Tulloh,5 B Almeida,1 MJ Dillon,1 J Marek,2 N Klein,1 PA Brogan1

August 2015

This study examined circulating endothelial cells (CECs) years after Kawasaki Disease

Safety and efficacy of warfarin plus aspirin combination therapy for giant coronary artery aneurysm secondary to Kawasaki Disease: a meta-analysis.

Su D, Wang K, Qin S, Pang Y.

August 2014

This study compared the safety and efficacy of warfarin plus aspirin versus aspirin alone

Behaviour sequelae following acute Kawasaki Disease

Daniel Carlton-Conway, Raju Ahluwalia, Lucy Henry, Colin Michie, Louise Wood and Robert Tulloh

May 2005

Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis and may affect cerebral function acutely. The aim of the present study was to measure a number of behaviour and social parameters within a cohort of Kawasaki disease patients.