Fatal cerebral infarct in a child with COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1234, New York, NY, 10029, USA. shingokihira@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1234, New York, NY, 10029, USA.

Case Reports

Shingo Kihira et al. Pediatr Radiol. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;50(10):1479-1480.

doi: 10.1007/s00247-020-04779-x. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

¹ Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1234, New York, NY, 10029, USA. shingokihira@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1234, New York, NY, 10029, USA.

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