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Review
. 2023 Apr;28(2):101433.
doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2023.101433. Epub 2023 Apr 1.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in neonates (MIS-N) associated with perinatal SARS CoV-2 infection: Does it exist?

Satyan Lakshminrusimha  1 , Kiran More  2 , Prakesh S Shah  3 , James L Wynn  4 , Pablo J Sánchez  5
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Review

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in neonates (MIS-N) associated with perinatal SARS CoV-2 infection: Does it exist?

Satyan Lakshminrusimha et al. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2023 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; IVIG; Inflammation; MIS-C; Steroids.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Revised 2023 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and CDC Surveillance Case definition of MIS-C (see Table 1 for details). Modified from Refs. [18,19] and based on [7] Copyright Satyan Lakshminrusimha.
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Fig. 2
Three different pathogenic mechanisms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in the neonatal period (MIS-N).
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Manifestations of Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in neonates (MIS-N) secondary to maternal COVID-19 infection (based on systematic reviews by Shaiba et al. [11] Mascarenhas et al. [12] and Ramaswamy et al. [13] Copyright Satyan Lakshminrusimha.
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