How we have protected our patients: The Italian pediatric onco-hematology units' response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Onco-Hematology and Cell and Gene Therapy Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu, Rome, Italy.
² Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma, Monza, Italy.
³ Pediatric Onco-Hematology Unit, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Torino, Italy.
⁵ Pediatric Oncology Unit, IRCCS "Istituto Giannina Gaslini,", Genova, Italy.
⁶ Pediatric Unit, Ospedale Santissima Annunziata di Savigliano, Savigliano, Italy.
⁷ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit A.O.R.N, Santobono Pausilipon, Azienda Ospedaliera Pediatrica, Napoli, Italy.
⁸ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, IRCCS Materno Infantile "Burlo Garofolo,", Trieste, Italy.
⁹ Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
¹⁰ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,", San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
¹¹ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

Multicenter Study

Matteo Amicucci et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;67(12):e28505.

doi: 10.1002/pbc.28505. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

¹ Onco-Hematology and Cell and Gene Therapy Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu, Rome, Italy.
² Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma, Monza, Italy.
³ Pediatric Onco-Hematology Unit, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Torino, Italy.
⁵ Pediatric Oncology Unit, IRCCS "Istituto Giannina Gaslini,", Genova, Italy.
⁶ Pediatric Unit, Ospedale Santissima Annunziata di Savigliano, Savigliano, Italy.
⁷ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit A.O.R.N, Santobono Pausilipon, Azienda Ospedaliera Pediatrica, Napoli, Italy.
⁸ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, IRCCS Materno Infantile "Burlo Garofolo,", Trieste, Italy.
⁹ Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
¹⁰ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,", San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
¹¹ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Children's Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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