Persistent symptoms in Swedish children after hospitalisation due to COVID-19

Ellinor Sterky¹, Selma Olsson-Åkefeldt^{1

2}, Olof Hertting^{1

2}, Eric Herlenius^{1

2}, Tobias Alfven^{3

4}, Malin Ryd Rinder^{1

2}, Samuel Rhedin^{3

5}, Helena Hildenwall^{1

4

6}

Affiliations

¹ Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Women´s and Children´s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Ellinor Sterky et al. Acta Paediatr. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;110(9):2578-2580.

doi: 10.1111/apa.15999. Epub 2021 Jul 3.

Ellinor Sterky¹, Selma Olsson-Åkefeldt^{1

2}, Olof Hertting^{1

2}, Eric Herlenius^{1

2}, Tobias Alfven^{3

4}, Malin Ryd Rinder^{1

2}, Samuel Rhedin^{3

5}, Helena Hildenwall^{1

4

6}

¹ Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Women´s and Children´s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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