Differences over 10 years in epidemiologic and clinical features of Kawasaki disease at a single tertiary center
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2713-4148
DOI: 10.3345/cep.2019.01109