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Late Symptomatic Myocarditis in Kawasaki Disease: An Unusual Manifestation

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MS: Wrote the manuscript; SS, AG and DS: Clinical management and critical appraisal; MR: Clinical management; AR: Review of literature and critical appraisal. SS will act as guarantor for this paper.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Madhusudan S, Surjit Singh, Anju Gupta, Deepti Suri & Amit Rawat

  2. Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Manojkumar Rohit

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education, Chandigarh, 160012, India

    Surjit Singh

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S, M., Singh, S., Rohit, M. et al. Late Symptomatic Myocarditis in Kawasaki Disease: An Unusual Manifestation. Indian J Pediatr 81, 404–405 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-014-1339-1

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