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Case Reports
. 2021 May;57(5):736-737.
doi: 10.1111/jpc.14994. Epub 2020 Jun 27.

First paediatric COVID-19 associated death in Italy

Federico Mercolini  1 , Daniele Donà  2 , Ylenia Girtler  1 , Konrad Anton Mussner  3 , Paolo Biban  4 , Andrea Bordugo  5 , Grazia Molinaro  6
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Case Reports

First paediatric COVID-19 associated death in Italy

Federico Mercolini et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 May.
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Chest x‐ray showing widespread opacification of both lungs.
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