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Typical Kawasaki disease with atypical pneumonia: a paediatric case report
M C Maggio1, R Cimaz2, M C Failla3
1Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infantile Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities 'G D'Alessandro' (ProMISE), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
|August 18, 2020
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