COVID-19 in children and altered inflammatory responses

Eleanor J Molloy^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
² Children's Health Hospital (CHI) at Tallaght, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
³ Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁴ Neonatology, CHI at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁵ Paediatrics, Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁶ Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁷ Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Editorial

Eleanor J Molloy et al. Pediatr Res. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;88(3):340-341.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0881-y. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

Eleanor J Molloy^{1

2

3

4

5}, Cynthia F Bearer^{6

7}

¹ Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
² Children's Health Hospital (CHI) at Tallaght, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
³ Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁴ Neonatology, CHI at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁵ Paediatrics, Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie.
⁶ Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁷ Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Possible causes for decreased susceptibility of children to coronavirus.
Zhu L, Lu X, Chen L. Zhu L, et al. Pediatr Res. 2020 Sep;88(3):342. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0892-8. Epub 2020 Apr 8. Pediatr Res. 2020. PMID: 32268343 No abstract available.

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