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Comment
. 2020 Aug;16(8):413-414.
doi: 10.1038/s41584-020-0448-7.

Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases following COVID-19

Caroline Galeotti  1 , Jagadeesh Bayry  2
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Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases following COVID-19

Caroline Galeotti et al. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Emerging reports show that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection precedes the appearance of various autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases, including paediatric inflammatory multisystemic syndrome (PIMS) or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), thus adding to the growing mystery of this virus and raising questions about the nature of its link with autoimmune and autoinflammatory sequelae.

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