Potential link between SARS-CoV-2 and Kawasaki disease: importance of dentists for the diagnosis

• Main Authors: Hercílio Martelli Júnior (Author), Renato Assis Machado (Author), Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli (Author), Mauro Costa Barbosa (Author), Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan (Author), Ricardo Della Coletta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis with predilection for coronary arteries. Due to a lack of reliable confirmatory laboratory tests, the diagnosis of KD is based on a characteristic pattern of clinical findings that appear in a typical temporal sequence. The diagnostic criteria have bee...