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Serum soluble CD8 antigen level is not elevated in mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki disease) in spite of an increase in serum soluble interleukin 2 receptors

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Abbreviations

MCLS:

mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

SCD8:

soluble from of CD8

sIL-2R:

soluble interleukin-2-receptor

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Mazda Hospital, Kasumi 1-2-3, Hiroshima, Japan

    H. Furumoto, A. Tanabe, M. Hara & N. Ida

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Kasumi 1-2-3, Hiroshima, Japan

    T. Sakano

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Furumoto, H., Sakano, T., Tanabe, A. et al. Serum soluble CD8 antigen level is not elevated in mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki disease) in spite of an increase in serum soluble interleukin 2 receptors. Eur J Pediatr 149, 448–449 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02009673

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