False-positive SARS-CoV-2 serology in 3 children with Kawasaki disease
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0732-8893
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115141