Low-Dose Prednisone Treatment for IVIG-Resistant Kawasaki Disease with Severe Arthritis and Joint Effusion in Two 3-Year-Old Children

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T1-weighed, T2-weighed, and Fat-suppressed T2-weighted imaging in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease. There were a long T1 signal and long T2 signal in the bilateral hips (a), (b), knees, and bursae suprapatellaris (c), (d), which indicated arthritis with effusion.

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