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Is Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Kawasaki Disease Underrecognized?

Valentina Natoli, Silvia Rosina and Angelo Ravelli
The Journal of Rheumatology February 2021, 48 (2) 162-164; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200361
Valentina Natoli
1V. Natoli, MD, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa;
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Silvia Rosina
2S. Rosina, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy;
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Angelo Ravelli
3A. Ravelli, MD, Università degli Studi di Genova, and IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, and Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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