Questions remain about mechanisms behind multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

PHOENIX — Although the CDC has presented a case definition of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, the COVID-19 complication continues to demand attention from researchers and providers alike.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) primarily impacts those aged 8 to 13 years who previously had COVID-19, with a possible disproportionate effect on minorities and a slight gender preference for boys, Sarah Henrickson, MD, PhD, attending physician in the division of allergy and immunology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told Healio.
Henrickson

PHOENIX — Although the CDC has presented a case definition of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, the COVID-19 complication continues to demand attention from researchers and providers alike.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) primarily impacts those aged 8 to 13 years who previously had COVID-19, with a possible disproportionate effect on minorities and a slight gender preference for boys, Sarah Henrickson, MD, PhD, attending physician in the division of allergy and immunology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told Healio.
Henrickson