Singh Surjit, Jindal Ankur Kumar
Allergy Immunology unit, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. Correspondence to: Dr Surjit Singh, Head, Department of Pediatrics and Chief, Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160 012, India.
Indian Pediatr. 2017 Dec 15;54(12):1037-1039. doi: 10.1007/s13312-017-1208-x.
It has been 50 years since the legendary Japanese pediatrician, Dr Tomisaku Kawasaki, published his classic paper in 1967. Little was he to know at that time that this condition would not only be known after his name but would also become the commonest cause of acquired heart disease in children in most of the developed world. The etiology of this condition continues to remain an enigma, and the diagnosis is still based on a set of criteria that are entirely clinical. All pediatricians must be familiar with the various clinical presentations of this disease because delays in diagnosis and treatment can have disastrous consequences.
自传奇的日本儿科医生富山和男博士于1967年发表其经典论文以来，已经过去了50年。当时他几乎不知道，这种病症不仅会以他的名字命名，还会成为大多数发达国家儿童后天性心脏病最常见的病因。这种病症的病因仍然是个谜，诊断仍完全基于一套临床标准。所有儿科医生都必须熟悉这种疾病的各种临床表现，因为诊断和治疗的延迟可能会带来灾难性后果。
