Kawasaki disease
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Kawasaki disease
1980–85; after Japanese pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki, who first described it
Example Sentences
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Without treatment about one in four children with Kawasaki disease get heart complications.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Kawasaki disease, also known as K.D., is one of the leading pediatric mysteries.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024
There are many different types of vasculitis that go by different names, including Behcet's disease, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Buerger's disease, Cryoglobulinemia, Takayasu's arteritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Kawasaki disease and giant cell arteritis.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2022
The syndrome appears to have some similarities with Kawasaki disease and can cause problems with a child’s heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021
Although MIS-C is new, doctors can treat it with decades-old therapies used for Kawasaki disease, a pediatric syndrome that also causes systemic inflammation.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021
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