Management of pediatric rheumatic patients in Kazakhstan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, National Research Center of Mother and Child Health, University Medical Center, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
² Department of Medicine, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Kerei-Zhanibek Str. 5/1, 010000, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. dimitri.poddighe@nu.edu.kz.

Comment

Zaure Mukusheva et al. Rheumatol Int. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;40(8):1351-1352.

doi: 10.1007/s00296-020-04613-5. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

¹ Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, National Research Center of Mother and Child Health, University Medical Center, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
² Department of Medicine, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Kerei-Zhanibek Str. 5/1, 010000, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. dimitri.poddighe@nu.edu.kz.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Central Asia; Diagnostic-therapeutic protocols; Kazakhstan; Medical management; Pediatric rheumatology.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

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