Mondo Description Kawasaki disease (KD) is a febrile, systemic, self-limiting vasculitis affecting children and characterized by inflammation in the medium sized vessels associated with coronary arterial aneurysms (CAA) that may be life threatening when untreated. KD is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries and is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease in adulthood.
Uniprot Description An acute, self-limited vasculitis of infants and children characterized by prolonged fever unresponsive to antibiotics, polymorphous skin rash, erythema of the oral mucosa, lips, and tongue, erythema of the palms and soles, bilateral conjunctival injection, and cervical lymphadenopathy.
Disease Ontology Description A lymphadenitis characterized by swelling of cervical lymph nodes in infants and young children and inflammation of medium-sized blood vessels located_in body, has_symptom fever, has_symptom congestion of ocular conjunctivae, has_symptom reddening of lips, has_symptom reddening of oral cavity, has_symptom protuberance of tongue papillae and has_symptom edema of extremities.
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This disease has been annotated by GARD as a rare disease.
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DataSources which have contributed target associations to this disease, and the identifiers by which the disease is referenced.
DOID:13378
EFO:0004246
GARD:0006816
ICD9:446.1
MESH:D009080
NCIT:C34825
OMIM:611775
Orphanet:2331
SCTID:75053002
UMLS:C0026691
MONDO:0012727
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