Volume 30, Number 2, 245-248, DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-0947-y

Thrombocytopenia as a presenting feature of Kawasaki disease: a case series from North India

Surjit Singh, Deepali Gupta, Deepti Suri, Rohit Manoj Kumar, Jasmina Ahluwalia, Reena Das and Neelam Varma

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Abstract

Thrombocytosis is well described in children with Kawasaki disease (KD). We describe six children with KD who had thrombocytopenia at disease onset. This is an unusual finding and has clinical implications in the diagnosis of this condition.

Keywords  Thrombocytopenia - Kawasaki disease - North India - Coronary artery abnormalities

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