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Sensorineural hearing loss—another under-recognized oto-laryngeal complication of Kawasaki disease

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Kapoor, S. Sensorineural hearing loss—another under-recognized oto-laryngeal complication of Kawasaki disease. Eur J Pediatr 174, 1697–1698 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-015-2564-y

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