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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Case Report: Molecular autopsy underlie COVID-19-associated sudden, unexplained child mortality.

Kana Unuma, Dan Tomomasa, Kosuke Noma, Kouhei Yamamoto, Taka-Aki Matsuyama, Yohsuke Makino, Atsushi Hijikata, Shuheng Wen, Tsutomu Ogata, Nobuhiko Okamoto and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Kana UnumaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Dan TomomasaDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Kosuke NomaDepartment of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Kouhei YamamotoDepartment of Comprehensive Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Taka-Aki MatsuyamaDepartment of Legal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yohsuke MakinoDepartment of Forensic Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsushi HijikataDepartment of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
Shuheng WenDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Tsutomu OgataDepartment of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Nobuhiko OkamotoDepartment of Medical Genetics, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, Osaka, Japan.
Satoshi OkadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Kenichi OhashiDepartment of Comprehensive Pathology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Koichi UemuraDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Hirokazu KaneganeDepartment of Child Health and Development, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JPHiroshima University · JPHamamatsu University School of Medicine · JPOsaka Women's and Children's Hospital · JPShowa University · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPTokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herein, we report a child with COVID-19 and seemingly no underlying disease, who died suddenly. The autopsy revealed severe anemia and thrombocytopenia, splenomegaly, hypercytokinemia, and a rare ectopic congenital coronary origin. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that the patient had acute lymphoblastic leukemia of the B-cell precursor phenotype (BCP-ALL). The complex cardiac and hematological abnormalities suggested the presence of an underlying disease; therefore, we performed whole-exome sequencing (WES). WES revealed a leucine-zipper-like transcription regulator 1 (

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COVID-19Noonan SyndromeAutopsyChild MortalityCytokine Release SyndromeHumansPhenotypeTranscription FactorsLZTR1 protein, humanTranscription FactorsautopsyBCP-ALLnoonan syndrome (NS)SARS-CoV-2sudden child death

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PMID37143668
PMCPMC10151512
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