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Antibiotic use in children with Kawasaki disease

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Funding

This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2017R1D1A1B03029968).

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Seung Beom Han & Soo-Young Lee

  2. Department of Pediatrics, St. Paul’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 180 Wangsan-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 02559, Republic of Korea

    Soo-Young Lee

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SBH collected data. SYL conceived the study, statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript. Both authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Soo-Young Lee.

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The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of St. Paul's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea (PC17REDI0038). Informed consent was waived for this study.

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Han, S.B., Lee, SY. Antibiotic use in children with Kawasaki disease. World J Pediatr 14, 621–622 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-018-0157-3

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