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Join us at the 14th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium (IKDS)

Date:     August 26-29, 2024

Place:    Hotel Bonaventure,  Montreal, Canada 

​Info:       https://www.ikds.org

Email:    askme@ikds.org

REGISTER NOW to secure the best rate!

Early bird registration ends Sunday, April 14, 2024.

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2023 KD Parent Symposium Webinar

Watch recordings of previous KD Parent Symposiums (courtesy of the KD Foundation) 

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KD Newsletter


KD-Newsletter-Winter2023.pdf

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What is a Z-score?  Handout for parents:   English    Spanish


 




 

 

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The Kawasaki Disease Research Center is a joint collaboration between the Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Family and Preventive Medicine and Sociology at UCSD, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego. The Program was created to help foster excellence in care for patients with Kawasaki Disease (KD) and to support clinical, laboratory, and epidemiologic investigation into the etiology, pathophysiology, and natural history of the disease.

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Kawasaki Disease: Current Understanding of the Mechanism and Evidence-Based Treatment, 1st ed. 2017 Edition  (Information: KDbook_Saji2016_flyer.pdf )

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