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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Transplant. 2020 May 12. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13889. [Epub ahead of print]
Risk of COVID-19 in young kidney transplant recipients. Results from a single-center observational study.
Angeletti A[SUP]1[/SUP], Trivelli A[SUP]1[/SUP], Magnasco A[SUP]1[/SUP], Drovandi S[SUP]2[/SUP], Sanguineri F[SUP]2[/SUP], Santaniello M[SUP]1[/SUP], Ferrando G[SUP]1[/SUP], Forno R[SUP]2[/SUP], Cipresso G[SUP]1[/SUP], Tripodi G[SUP]3[/SUP], Riella LV[SUP]4[/SUP], Cravedi P[SUP]5[/SUP], Ghiggeri GM[SUP]1[/SUP].
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Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a global public health emergency, recently taken on pandemic proportions, with over 2.7 million confirmed cases worldwide(1). Children/young adults seem to have a less severe clinical manifestation of COVID-19 (2), but data on disease susceptibility in pediatric transplant recipients on chronic immunosuppressive therapy are limited (3, 4). This poses major uncertainties regarding pediatric transplant activity and management of anti-rejection therapy.
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PMID:32396985DOI:10.1111/ctr.13889
Risk of COVID-19 in young kidney transplant recipients. Results from a single-center observational study.
Angeletti A[SUP]1[/SUP], Trivelli A[SUP]1[/SUP], Magnasco A[SUP]1[/SUP], Drovandi S[SUP]2[/SUP], Sanguineri F[SUP]2[/SUP], Santaniello M[SUP]1[/SUP], Ferrando G[SUP]1[/SUP], Forno R[SUP]2[/SUP], Cipresso G[SUP]1[/SUP], Tripodi G[SUP]3[/SUP], Riella LV[SUP]4[/SUP], Cravedi P[SUP]5[/SUP], Ghiggeri GM[SUP]1[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a global public health emergency, recently taken on pandemic proportions, with over 2.7 million confirmed cases worldwide(1). Children/young adults seem to have a less severe clinical manifestation of COVID-19 (2), but data on disease susceptibility in pediatric transplant recipients on chronic immunosuppressive therapy are limited (3, 4). This poses major uncertainties regarding pediatric transplant activity and management of anti-rejection therapy.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PMID:32396985DOI:10.1111/ctr.13889