To investigate whether common genetic variants in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene are associated with Kawasaki disease (KD) and the subsequent development of coronary artery lesions.
Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, and Sanquin Research Institute at the Central Laboratory of the Blood Transfusion Service, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. w.b.breunis@amc.uva.nl