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2022 Nov 21


Clin Rheumatol

How multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children discriminated from Kawasaki disease: a differentiating score based on an inception cohort study.

Authors

Sobh A, Mosa D M, Khaled N, Korkor MS, Noureldin M A, Eita AM, Elnagdy MH, El-Bayoumi MA
Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Nov 21.
PMID: 36409406.

Abstract

About 25-50% of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) patients meet the criteria for diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD). The differentiation of both conditions is so challenging on clinical practice as the management of both is time dependant and precise diagnosis is fundamental.