Conference
The Epidemiology of Kawasaki Disease in Ontario and Canada
Abstract
Purpose: We sought to determine recent trends in the incidence and epidemiologic features of Kawasaki disease (KD) in Ontario and Canada. Methods: A survey for incident cases from 1998-2000 was performed for all hospitals and pediatric cardiologists in Ontario. In addition, national hospital discharge abstract data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) was related to population denominators from census data from Statistics …
Authors
McCrindle BW; Lobo L; Nagpal S; Fry R; Sinclair B; Dicke F; Yeung RS
Volume
53
Pagination
pp. 159-159
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
January 2003
DOI
10.1203/00006450-200301000-00034
Conference proceedings
Pediatric Research
Issue
1
ISSN
0031-3998