Race/ethnicity among children with COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome

What The Study Did: The distribution of race/ethnicity among cases of COVID-19]-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children reported to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is described in this observational study.

Authors: Ellen H. Lee, M.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Long Island City, New York, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30280)

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