Open AccessIs it all MIS-C? Unusual findings in a series of nine German patients with multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children after SARS-CoV-2 infection
Author(s) -
Katrin Mehler,
Norma Jung,
André Oberthuer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.04.044
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , cohort , covid-19 , german , viral infection , acute disseminated encephalomyelitis , girl , encephalomyelitis , immunology , virus , disease , archaeology , developmental psychology , psychology , history , infectious disease (medical specialty) , multiple sclerosis , optics , physics
Multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a post-viral inflammatory vasculopathy of children and adolescents following Covid-19 infection. Since the incidence of SARS-CoV-infections has been increasing in Germany since October 2020, we observe an increasing number of children presenting with MIS-C.
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