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A new infantile acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MLNS) prevailing in Japan.

Pediatrics, 54, 271-276. 1974.

The first report on Kawasaki Disease in English. By 1973, 6,000 cases of Kawasaki disease were reported in Japan.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

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