
Kawasaki disease
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute self-limited febrile multisystem vasculitis of childhood of unknown aetiology in which coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) may develop in 15% - 25% of untreated cases.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute self-limited febrile multisystem vasculitis of childhood of unknown aetiology in which coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) may develop in 15% - 25% of untreated cases.

Tomisaku Kawasaki 川崎 富作 (1925-2020) Japanese pediatrician. Famous for the discovery and ongoing research into Kawasaki Disease (1967)