loading...| Preferred Name |
Kawasaki Disease |
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| Synonyms |
Kawasaki Disease Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome [Kawasaki] Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome Infantile Polyarteritis Nodosa |
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| Definitions |
A vasculitis characterized by inflammation of the arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. The vasculitis may lead to aneurysm formation and possibly, heart attacks. It affects young children who usually present with persistent high fever, redness of the mucous membranes of the mouth, redness of the palms and soles, skin rashes, lymphadenitis, and joint pain and swelling. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C34825 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
Kawasaki disease is an acute self-limited vasculitis of childhood that is characterized by fever, bilateral nonexudative conjunctivitis, erythema of the lips and oral mucosa, changes in the extremities, rash, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Medium-sized vessel vasculitis seen primarily in young children with predilection for the coronary arteries. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings of persistent high fever, changes in lips and oral mucous membranes, erythema and edema of hands/feet and later desquamation, bilateral bulbar conjunctivitis, unilateral cervical adenopathy, polymorphous rash. |
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| code |
C34825 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118468 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193205 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C167409 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C192842 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C165258 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C189762 |
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Cellosaurus ACC/AHA MedDRA NICHD mCode |
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| DEFINITION |
A vasculitis characterized by inflammation of the arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. The vasculitis may lead to aneurysm formation and possibly, heart attacks. It affects young children who usually present with persistent high fever, redness of the mucous membranes of the mouth, redness of the palms and soles, skin rashes, lymphadenitis, and joint pain and swelling. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Kawasaki Disease Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome [Kawasaki] Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome Infantile Polyarteritis Nodosa |
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| label |
Kawasaki Disease |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Kawasaki_Disease |
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| Maps_To |
Kawasaki's disease |
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| Preferred_Name |
Kawasaki Disease |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C34825 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0026691 |
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| subClassOf |