Preliminary evidence on long COVID in children

Danilo Buonsenso^{1

2

3}, Daniel Munblit^{4

5

6}, Cristina De Rose¹, Dario Sinatti¹, Antonia Ricchiuto¹, Angelo Carfi⁷, Piero Valentini^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
³ Global Health Research Institute, Istituto di Igiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Child's Health, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia.
⁵ Inflammation, Repair and Development Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁶ Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry, Moscow, Russia.
⁷ Geriatric Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Danilo Buonsenso et al. Acta Paediatr. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;110(7):2208-2211.

doi: 10.1111/apa.15870. Epub 2021 Apr 18.

Danilo Buonsenso^{1

2

3}, Daniel Munblit^{4

5

6}, Cristina De Rose¹, Dario Sinatti¹, Antonia Ricchiuto¹, Angelo Carfi⁷, Piero Valentini^{1

3}

¹ Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
³ Global Health Research Institute, Istituto di Igiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Child's Health, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia.
⁵ Inflammation, Repair and Development Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁶ Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry, Moscow, Russia.
⁷ Geriatric Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no example conflicts of interest to disclose.

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