Jihye You

1 Introduction Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis that primarily affects children younger than 5 years and remains the leading cause of acquired heart disease in this age group [1-3]. Although its precise etiology remains unclear, KD is widely considered to reflect an abnormal immune response to infectious triggers in genetically susceptible children [4, 5].

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