The most important complication in Kawasaki disease is coronary artery involvement which may cause sudden death or coronary heart disease. Other complications such as cholecystitis, arthritis, myocarditis and urethritis have also been reported.
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regard to neurological complications, and aseptic meningitis, which is mostly asymptomatic and benign, occurs in about a half of the patients. However, there are only a few reports of other neurological complications.
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