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Kawasaki Disease: an Update.

Curr Rheumatol Rep

September 2020

Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital and LSU Health Sciences Center, 2000 Henry Clay Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA.

Purpose Of Review: Provide the most recent updates on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment advances in Kawasaki disease.

Recent Findings: Treatment advances in complex, IVIG-refractory cases of Kawasaki disease. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a newly reported inflammatory condition with Kawasaki-like features and an association with the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Ricin toxin (RT) is derived from castor beans, produced by the plant Ricinus communis. RT and its toxic A chain (RTA) have been used therapeutically to arm ligands that target disease-causing cells. In most cases these ligands are cell-binding monoclonal antibodies (MAbs).

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