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Article: ... And a disease seeking its raison d'etre. (Kawasaki syndrome)
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- Science News
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- October 17, 1987
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. . . and a disease seeking its raison d'etre
Since it was first reported in a Japanese journal in 1967, a relatively rare childhood disorder called Kawasaki syndrome has stubbornly rebuffed scientists' efforts to understand it. Recently completed studies indicate that the disease's incidence may be increasing in the United States and that it may be caused by a virus from the same group as that causing AIDS. But the lack of consensus among scientists on these and other aspects of the disease shows that Kawasaki syndrome still retains its secrets.
Characterized by fever, rash and occasional damage to coronary arteries, Kawasaki syndrome is thought to be ...