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Open Access 01-02-2021 | Coronavirus | Correspondence

Cats and kids: how a feline disease may help us unravel COVID-19 associated paediatric hyperinflammatory syndrome

Authors: Martin Alberer, Ulrich von Both

Published in: Infection | Issue 1/2021

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Title: Cats and kids: how a feline disease may help us unravel COVID-19 associated paediatric hyperinflammatory syndrome
Authors: Martin Alberer
Ulrich von Both
Publication date: 01-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Cytokines
Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki Disease
Published in: Infection / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01515-3

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