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Risk factors for rare COVID-19 complications in children (MIS-C) – News-Medical.net

While the earlier waves of COVID-19 relatively spared children, some of the affected children have developed a systemic inflammatory condition, with occasionally…

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While the earlier waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic relatively spared children, some of the affected children have developed a systemic inflammatory condition, with occasionally fatal outcomes. Called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), its pathogenesis and risk factors are the subject of a new study on the medRxiv* preprint server.
MIS-C
MIS-C was first reported in April 2020 as a dysregulated immune response occurring some weeks after infection with the…

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