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New England Journal of Medicine· 2020Q1

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents

Leora R. Feldstein, Erica Billig Rose, Steven M. Horwitz, Jennifer Collins et al.

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A U.S. surveillance study of 186 children and adolescents (median age 8.3 years) with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) found that 70% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and 92% had inflammation markers, leading to severe illness including hospitalization (88%), ICU admission (80%), and 2% mortality.

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