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. 2020 Sep 24;46(1):139.
doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-00900-w.

Treatment of children with COVID-19: position paper of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease

Elisabetta Venturini #  1 , Carlotta Montagnani #  1 , Silvia Garazzino  2 , Daniele Donà  3 , Luca Pierantoni  4 , Andrea Lo Vecchio  5 , Giangiacomo Nicolini  6 , Sonia Bianchini  7 , Andrzej Krzysztofiak  8 , Luisa Galli  9 , Alberto Villani  8 , Guido Castelli-Gattinara  10 ; Italian SITIP-SIP SARS-Cov-2 pediatric infection study group
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Treatment of children with COVID-19: position paper of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease

Elisabetta Venturini et al. Ital J Pediatr. .

Abstract

A statement of consensus was formulated after reviewing available literature on pediatric treatment strategies for COVID-19 by the Steering and Scientific Committee of the Italian Society of Infectious Pediatric Diseases in connection with the Italian Society of Paediatrics.

Keywords: COVID-19; Children; SARS CoV-2; Treatment.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors declared that there is no competing interest.

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