COVID-19 and Kawasaki syndrome: should we really be surprised?

A hyperinflammatory response to COVID-19 is being described in children. While this presents, and responds to management, similar to that of Kawasaki Disease it is being coined a new entity. But is it really? We explore how this phenomenon may be Kawasaki Disease with a new trigger.

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Autores principales: Loomba, Rohit S., Villarreal, Enrique, Flores, Saul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32412400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1047951120001432
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spelling pubmed-73221492020-06-29 COVID-19 and Kawasaki syndrome: should we really be surprised? Loomba, Rohit S. Villarreal, Enrique Flores, Saul Cardiol Young Letter to the Editor A hyperinflammatory response to COVID-19 is being described in children. While this presents, and responds to management, similar to that of Kawasaki Disease it is being coined a new entity. But is it really? We explore how this phenomenon may be Kawasaki Disease with a new trigger. Cambridge University Press 2020-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7322149/ /pubmed/32412400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1047951120001432 Text en © Cambridge University Press 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Flores, Saul
COVID-19 and Kawasaki syndrome: should we really be surprised?
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title_full COVID-19 and Kawasaki syndrome: should we really be surprised?
title_fullStr COVID-19 and Kawasaki syndrome: should we really be surprised?
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 and Kawasaki syndrome: should we really be surprised?
title_short COVID-19 and Kawasaki syndrome: should we really be surprised?
title_sort covid-19 and kawasaki syndrome: should we really be surprised?
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32412400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1047951120001432
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