J Korean Med Sci.  2020 Jun;35(22):e204. 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e204.

Defining Association between COVID-19 and the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children through the Pandemic

• Kim YJ
• Park H
• Choi YY
• Kim YK
• Yoon Y
• Kim KR
• Choi EH

• KMID: 2502610
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e204

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  Fig. 1 The number of children hospitalized with a diagnosis of KD in two tertiary referral centers in Seoul, Korea during each three months (February to April) from 2015 to 2020. The human body shape bar indicates the total number of KD patients and the number on each closed circle indicates KD patients per 100 new in-patients in the corresponding year.KD = Kawasaki disease.

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