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Comment
. 2020 Sep:159:104951.
doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104951. Epub 2020 May 25.

COVID-19 and Kawasaki disease in children

Suowen Xu  1 , Mingwu Chen  2 , Jianping Weng  3
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COVID-19 and Kawasaki disease in children

Suowen Xu et al. Pharmacol Res. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Children; Endothelial dysfunction; Inflammation; Kawasaki disease; SARS-CoV-2; Vasculitis.

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The possible link between COVID-19 and Kawasaki Disease (KD).
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