Preliminary evidence on long COVID in children
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Danilo Buonsenso
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Global Health Research Institute, Istituto di Igiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Danilo Buonsenso, Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
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Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Child's Health, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
Inflammation, Repair and Development Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry, Moscow, Russia
Search for more papers by this authorCristina De Rose
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorDario Sinatti
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAntonia Ricchiuto
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAngelo Carfi
Geriatric Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPiero Valentini
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Global Health Research Institute, Istituto di Igiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Danilo Buonsenso
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Global Health Research Institute, Istituto di Igiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
Correspondence
Danilo Buonsenso, Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Munblit
Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Child's Health, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
Inflammation, Repair and Development Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry, Moscow, Russia
Search for more papers by this authorCristina De Rose
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorDario Sinatti
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAntonia Ricchiuto
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAngelo Carfi
Geriatric Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPiero Valentini
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Global Health Research Institute, Istituto di Igiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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