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Symptoms Mimicking Kawasaki Disease in Children With COVID-19
May 6, 2020
Although children don’t typically fall seriously ill from the new coronavirus, doctors in Europe are now expressing concern that children with COVID-19 have developed mysterious symptoms that mimic those appearing with Kawasaki disease.
On the Pulse asked Dr. Michael Portman, pediatric cardiologist and director of the Kawasaki Disease Clinic at Seattle Children’s, to help break this emerging issue down for parents and caregivers.
Read “Kawasaki Disease in Children With COVID-19” in On The Pulse.
- Related news coverage: “15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to COVID-19“ in The New York Times (May 5, 2020).