Article 53ED3 Italian doctors find link between Covid-19 and inflammatory disorder

Italian doctors find link between Covid-19 and inflammatory disorder

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Ian Sample Science editor
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The disorder has required some children to undergo life-saving treatment in intensive care units

Doctors in Italy have reported the first clear evidence of a link between Covid-19 and a rare but serious inflammatory disorder that has required some children to undergo life-saving treatment in intensive care units.

The mysterious condition emerged last month when NHS bosses issued an alert to doctors after hospitals admitted a number of children with a mix of toxic shock and symptoms seen in an inflammatory disorder known as Kawasaki disease.

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