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Table 2 Previous reports of Kawasaki disease in monozygotic twins

From: Simultaneous development of Kawasaki disease following acute human adenovirus infection in monozygotic twins: A case report

Author (country)

Age (month)

Sex

Interval of onset

Twin A

Twin B

Trigger

(Symptoms of KD/CAAa)

Fink HW.

1985

(USA)

10

female

same day

6/−

6/−

unknown

Hoshino K, et al.

1990

(Japan)

16

female

same day

5/+

5/−

unknown

Kuijpers TW, et al.

2000

(Netherlands)

29

female

3 days

6/−a

5/−

measles virus infection

Ide T, et al.

2007

(Japan)

13

female

1 day

6/−

4/−

measles-rubella vaccine

Kottek A, et al.

2011

(USA)

18

male

2 days

5/−

3/−

unknown

Zhang X, et al.

2013

(China)

2

female

same day

4 / +

4/−

unknown

  1. CAA coronary artery abnormalities, a transient dilation