Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on December 20, 2005
Rheumatology 2006 45(2):241; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei073
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
Reply: Nomenclature of Kawasaki disease/syndrome
Department of Paediatrics, Rheumatology Unit, 1 Department of Paediatrics, University of Firenze, Italy and 2 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, A. I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE and Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Correspondence to: G. Simonini. E-mail: gabriele.simonini@unifi.it
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We thank Drs Bastian and Kushner for their helpful comments and suggestions on our editorial on Kawasaki syndrome [1].
We agree with their suggestion that the term Kawasaki syndrome (KS) is more appropriate than Kawasaki disease until we have a better understanding of