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Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during the covid-19 pandemic in Paris, France: prospective observational study

BMJ · 2020 · Vol. 369 · pp. m2094–m2094

Julie Toubiana✉(Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades)Clément Poirault(Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades)Alice Corsia(Université Paris Cité)Fanny Bajolle(Université Paris Cité)Jacques Fourgeaud(Université Paris Cité)François Angoulvant(Inserm)Agathe Debray(Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades)Romain Basmaci(Université Paris Cité)Elodie Salvador(Université Paris Cité)Sandra Biscardi(Hôpital Intercommunal de Créteil)Pierre Frange(Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades)Martin Chalumeau(Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades)Jean‐Laurent Casanova(Howard Hughes Medical Institute)Jérémie F. Cohen(Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades)Slimane Allali(Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades)

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Abstract

The ongoing outbreak of Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome among children and adolescents in the Paris area might be related to SARS-CoV-2. In this study an unusually high proportion of the affected children and adolescents had gastrointestinal symptoms, Kawasaki disease shock syndrome, and were of African ancestry.

Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicineKawasaki diseasePediatricsMyocarditisProspective cohort studyObservational studyToxic shock syndromeInternal medicineArtery

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BetacoronavirusCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2AdolescentAdrenal Cortex HormonesAntibodies, ViralChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleNasopharynxParisPneumonia, ViralProspective Studies

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